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Expectation rises ahead of Federal Reserve announcement

Markets fear the Federal Reserve might increase US interest rates by 0.75 or even 1 percentage point, according to some forecasts.

Forecasters say the Federal Reserve may increase interest rates in the US by 0.75 or even 1 percentage point. We talk to Joe Saluzzi of Themis Trading in New Jersey.

In Argentina, the Central Bank is trying to fight inflation with interest rates as high as 75%. Carolina Millan, a reporter with Bloomberg in Buenos Aires, tells us more.

A Texas sheriff has opened a criminal investigation into whether dozens of asylum seekers were illegally flown from the state to Martha’s Vineyard. We hear more from Luis Fajardo, from ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Monitoring in Miami.

New York is hosting the Climate Change Week, with business and political leaders from across the world gathering to take part. We talk to Dan Zarrilli, a professor of Climate studies at Columbia University.

(Picture: US Federal Reserve Building . Credit Reuters)

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