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Confused If Interest Rates are Expected to Hike and Increase, Why Are Stocks Rising and Going Up?

L
Sep 25, 2026 · 18:13

I thought increasing interest rates was supposed to fight inflation, but lead to a weaker stock market, hence why we saw such a poor performing stock market back in 2022 and 2023, when they were rapidly increasing interest rates. Since the last FED meeting where they announced the interest rate hike and how they expect to do more hikes, many tech stocks have actually been rising again. Confused can anyone explain why this is the case?