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75 Bps Hike.The Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) concluded on 15 June and as expected, interest rate on the upper range of Fed Fund rate was raised by 75bps to 1.75%. This is the largest since 1994 in a bid to ease runaway inflation which came in at 8.6% yoy in May 22.Many have argued that the Fed have been extremely late in the curve last year in addressing that inflation by considering that it was largely transitory.However, it is proved that inflation is stickier than previously thought given the supply side issues have been further exacerbated by on-going supply chain disruptions and the geopolitical crisis between Russia and Ukraine.The Fed continue to guide July’s FOMC rates increase in the range of 50-75bps and forecast a 3.25%-3.5% by end of 2022.Some impacts may