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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鈥檚 Vineyard. We hear more from Luis Fajardo, from 大象传媒 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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