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Today is Thursday, June 16th, 2022

Yesterday was a business news day for the global market.

Let’s dive in.

The News Story

• 有关美联储加息 (0:19") Fed hikes its benchmark interest rate by 0.75 percentage point, the biggest increase since 1994 (CNBC)
• 有关欧洲央行新的政策工具 (1:26") ECB pledges new crisis tool to help indebted southern states (Reuters)
• 有关自动驾驶技术应用 (2:19") Self-Driving and Driver-Assist Technology Linked to Hundreds of Crashes, U.S. Data Shows (New York Times)
• 有关加密资产 (3:38") Bill Gates says crypto and NFTs are a sham (CNN Business)
• 有关BTS (4:36") BTS hiatus 'not as severe' as One Direction (BBC)

Words of the Day (WoD):

• Broadside (P1): a strongly worded critical attack. 重点报道的
• Indebted (P2): owing money. 债务缠身的
• Periphery (P2): the outer limits or edge of an area or object. 边缘，界限
• Burgeoning (P3): beginning to grow or increase rapidly; flourishing. 快速成长地
• Mock (P4): tease or laugh at in a scornful or contemptuous manner. 嘲弄
• Hiatus (P5): a pause or gap in a sequence, series, or process.