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Wall Street just rejected the Fed rate hike. Could the ASX 200 be next?

The Motley Fool Australia Aaron Teboneras

18 Sept 2026 10:03 AEST Share tips Commentary on which shares to buy. Summary

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The S&P 500 Index climbed 1.1%. S&P/ASX 200 Index futures are pointing around 0.6% higher this morning after a rough few weeks.

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Headline as published: Wall Street just shrugged off the Fed rate hike. Could the ASX 200 be next?

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Niral Score 14.6 · mostly calm mundaneloaded

10 more readings adjectives, repeated words, sentiment, jingoistic and 2 more and 4 at zero

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Sentiment -0.0 hostilefavourable Jingoistic 6.2 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Sourcing 6 unattributednamed sources Mood 51.1 sorrowjoyful

4 read zero: political diction, generational, gender, religious

Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Religious 0 not invokedovert

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The Motley Fool Australiaas they published this story	14.6

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