WATCH LIVE: Warsh speaks after Fed raises interest rates

ASX set to slump, Wall Street falls as Warsh speaks after Fed raises rates

The US stock market has pared some early gains after the Federal Reserve showed it’s trying to get the nation’s high inflation under control by hiking interest rates for the first time in three years.

Sep 16, 2026

Watch live: Warsh speaks after Fed hikes interest rates

Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh is set to give remarks Wednesday afternoon after the central bank opted to raise interest rates by 0.25 percent to tame inflation amid the Iran war. The Federal Open Market Committee voted unanimously to increase the rate to a range of 3.75 to 4 percent, its first hike in over…

Sep 16, 2026

WATCH LIVE: Warsh speaks after Fed raises interest rates

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh is detailing the central bank’s decision to raise interest rates for the first time in three years during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon. Warsh is set to speak at 2:30 p.m. in Washington, D.C., shortly after the Fed announced it would raise rates by a quarter of a percentage point, […]

Sep 16, 2026