Good morning, readers. Phil Rosen right here, writing to you from a espresso store in Manhattan.

Powell and co. final week selected to “skip” an rate of interest adjustment, holding them regular after 10 straight hikes however cautioning that extra raises may nonetheless occur.

The remainder of the world didn’t comply with go well with. 

The central banks of the UK, Turkey, Norway, and Switzerland all raised rates of interest yesterday. 

Right here we go.

1. Let’s begin with the Financial institution of England’s resolution to lift rates of interest by 50 foundation factors and convey borrowing prices to five%. 

The transfer from throughout the pond shocked specialists throughout, and policymakers successfully mentioned excessive inflation and a decent labor market justified the choice. 

The UK’s inflation studying climbed by 8.7% within the 12 months by means of Might, and core inflation elevated to 7.1%  from 6.8% within the month earlier than.

“Inflation shouldn’t be enjoying ball, due to this fact, the Financial institution of England felt it had little possibility however to crank up rates of interest much more this time round regardless of the broader implications of the uptick in borrowing prices,” Interactive Investor analyst Myron Jobson mentioned.

The UK’s benchmark charge is now on the highest degree since 2008. 

Turkey’s central financial institution, in the meantime, raised rates of interest by 650 foundation factors to fifteen%, which was someway lower than markets anticipated. 

The transfer mirrored a course change following the re-election of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who final yr pressured the financial institution to slash charges regardless of hovering inflation. 

Inflation in Turkey hit a two-decade excessive of 85.5% in October, however dropped to about 40% in Might.

One vital final result of yesterday’s charge hike was that the Turkish lira plunged 4%, hitting its lowest degree on document. 

It now takes roughly 25.69 lira to purchase a single US greenback, as of Friday morning. 

Simply to cowl our bases: Norway’s central financial institution raised its core lending charge by half a proportion level, and Switzerland’s policymakers hiked its benchmark charge by 1 / 4 level.

What’s your outlook for the worldwide economic system for the following six months? Tweet me (@philrosenn) or e-mail me (prosen@insider.com) to let me know.

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7. Quick sellers are betting greater than $1 trillion in opposition to US shares. The most important 5 shorts embrace Tesla, Apple, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Amazon, based on S3 Companions. The bearish bets come because the S&P 500 has climbed greater than 13% this yr.

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10. Warren Buffett simply donated about $5 billion value of Berkshire Hathaway shares. After his present to the Gates Basis and different charities, the billionaire has given up greater than half his stockpile.

Curated by Phil Rosen in New York. Suggestions or ideas? Tweet @philrosenn or e-mail prosen@insider.com.

Edited by Jason Ma in Los Angeles and Nathan Rennolds (@ncrennolds) in London.