U.S. stocks rose sharply on Wednesday, Microsoft earnings briefly boosted the NASDAQ rebound, and the Fed decision statement became a turning point, 2 o'clock in the United States, the Federal Reserve announced the interest rate decision, keeping the federal funds rate unchanged, Powell hinted at the March interest rate hike, do not rule out every meeting to raise interest rates, instantly hit the market, investors still can not accept the fact of interest rate hikes, the three major stock indexes from rising to falling, the Dow fell more than 100 points.
"Given that inflation is well above 2% and the labor market is strong, the committee has decided to continue to reduce the size of its monthly net worth purchases, continuing at $30 billion in February, meaning the program will also end at the same time as the March rate hike," the Fed statement said. This meeting has provided guidance for the decision to reduce the balance sheet, and we do hope to reduce the balance sheet by adjusting the reinvestment, and the balance sheet reduction will be decided on the timing and speed of the balance sheet reduction after the interest rate hike.
The Fed's holdings of bonds have inflated its balance sheet to nearly $9 trillion.
"I think there's considerable room for rate hikes without threatening the labor market." Markets have been volatile in recent days as investors fear the Fed may tighten policy harder than expected.
Investors have previously expected the Fed to start raising rates multiple times, in fact, they expect this year's rate hike plan to be more aggressive than FOMC officials noted in their December outlook report. At the time, the commission expected three rate hikes this year, at 25 basis points. Fed fund futures still hint at a 4-time rate hike in 2022.
Tesla's fourth-quarter earnings report
Tesla released its fourth quarter and full year 2021 earnings report after the stock market closed on January 26. Tesla Motors' total revenue for the fourth quarter was $17.719 billion, up 65 percent from $10,744 million in the year-ago quarter; net profit was $2,343 million, compared to $296 million in the same period last year; and net income attributable to common shareholders was $2,321 million, up 760 percent from $270 million in the year-ago quarter, the report showed.
In addition, Tesla deliveries increased by 87% in 2021, and the official claimed that Tesla achieved the highest quarterly operating profit margin among all mass production OEMs, and said that this shows that electric vehicles have more market prospects than fuel vehicles, Tesla Q4 delivered 308,000 vehicles, +70% year-on-year, and delivered 936,000 units in the whole year, +88% year-on-year. At the industry level, this is also the first time that Tesla has produced and sold millions of dollars, which is comparable to BBA in terms of volume.
In addition, Tesla generated a $5.5 billion GAAP net profit and $5 billion in free cash flow in 2021 — excluding $6.5 billion spent on new plant construction and other capital expenditures.
Tesla will not launch a new car this year. Tesla's focus this year is on expanding production (if new models are launched this year, total car production will decline, so no new models will be launched this year). However, new models such as the CyberTruck and roadster will have a lot of engineering. About the production of CyberTruck: The goal is to build 250,000 units per year.
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