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Global Financial Markets in Brief September 13

Short-term bond yields continue to rise with anticipation of the Fed's decision

Trends driving near-term adoption of metaverse technologies

By 2028, 10% of public events will offer participation in metaverse

Will the Fed make a historic rate increase this week?

A crucial Thursday meeting awaits BoE and Japan central bank

US is hurting investors by denying Bitcoin ETFs: Report

SEC’s stance is causing the US to fall behind the rest of the world

Lebanon anticipates arrival of IMF delegation on Monday by passing a budget

Georgieva: “Let’s recognize it’s a matter of internal political constraints”

Can the financial sector manage hybrid work?

A flexible office environment can better align employee needs, business goals

Inery acquires investment from Metavest at $128 mn valuation

Company aims to expand its use cases—particularly in GameFi

Ethereum proof-of-work fork timing revealed

Eth blockchain would split into two different networks

Fitch reduces global growth forecast due to rapidly rising prices

"The Eurozone and the UK both expected to enter a recession"

Gen Zers & Money: Getting ready for college

Most Gen Zers are more anxious about the number in their bank account

Twitter shareholders in favor of $44 bn Musk deal

Two parties scheduled to square off in court on Oct. 17

Predictions of record year for regional mid-market M&A deals

Overall market softening heightened transactional volume of M&As

US inflation rises in August despite sharp drop in gasoline prices

Officials from the Fed will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday

Instagram has a reels problem

Most Insta reels users have no engagement whatsoever

30% of major banks will launch BaaS for new revenue by 2024

But half will not meet targeted revenue expectations

Euro climbs to three-week high

On Ukraine gains, rate hike forecasts

US-China chip war is overheating

Biden to hit China with broader curbs on U.S. chip and tool exports

U.S seizes $30 mn in crypto from North Korea-linked hackers

Following the March 2022 theft of more than $600 mn from Ronin Network

Do Ethereum Proof of Work forks have a future?

As with all things related to the merge, only time will tell

ECB decides historic interest rate hike

"Inflation is likely to stay above target for an extended period”