The market pulled back after the latest Fed meeting on Wednesday, where policymakers signaled they expect to raise interest rates by late 2023, sooner than they had previously anticipated. The selloff intensified Friday after St. Louis Fed President James Bullard told CNBC he sees the Fed starting to raise interest rates in late 2022.

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