It was a week that shook Wall Street as an era of easy money is coming to an end.
Markets went on such a roller coaster ride that it even stumped the most veteran investors, ending, remarkably, with the biggest rally of the year for the main stock indices.
The reason for all the volatility? The Federal Reserve this week telegraphed at its first policy meeting of the year that it plans to start raising interest rates as early as March to tackle inflation, which has reached 40-year highs.
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