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[투데이 브리핑] The US FOMC raises the possibility of an interest rate freeze, not a rate hike

FOMC raises the possibility of a rate freeze, not a rate hike

Due to the recent SVB bank crisis and financial institutions such as Silvergate becoming risky, the possibility of a 0.5p or 0.25p interest rate rise by the FOMC (Open Market Committee) scheduled for March is expected to be frozen or tighten up

Jerome Powell, the chairman of the Fed, originally opened the possibility of additional interest rate increases with the comments that the final interest rate could be higher than expected through a US Senate hearing the other day.

Along with that comment, concerns are being raised that a short-term increase in interest rates, such as the bankruptcy of SVB Bank, could burden the banking sector and concerns about a financial crisis that this could apply.

The most important thing here is the announcement of the CPI, the consumer price index of the United States. The original forecast was 6%, and currently expected various indexes are expected to be 6-6.1%, so I think there will be a freeze or 0.25. p an increase in the base rate.

The 5th Apple Store in Korea, ‘Apple Gangnam’ will open on the 31st

Domestic Apple Stores in ‘Apple Garosu-gil’ started in January 2018, and currently includes the 2nd store in Yeouido, the 3rd store in Myeong-dong, and the 4th store in Jamsil.

Apple Gangnam, which opens on the 31st of this month, is said to be opening in Gangnam-daero in Gangnam-gu, Seoul. The associated outer wall barricade design is said to have been released on the 14th.

The Apple Store is said to be able to meet a variety of Apple devices, including the iPhone 14 and 14+, Apple’s yellow iPhone.

Ediya Coffee presents a seasonal drink of Sunshine Peach Oolong Tea for spring

Ediya Coffee presents two types of spring season drinks reminiscent of warm spring sunshine.

The seasonal drink, Vanilla Oat Cold Brew, combines the savory taste of oats and soft vanilla cream with a cold brew, making it easy to enjoy, and ‘Sunshine Peach Oolong Tea’ adds a sweet peach and orange flavor navel to oolong tea and tops. it contains lemon myrtle, a lemon-scented herb said to represent spring sunshine.

The new product is characterized by an image that allows you to feel the freshness of spring through the use of oats and lemon myrtle.

Charm Ediya Coffee introduces an oat (oats) option that can replace milk with this new product, further expanding customer options. At Ediya Coffee stores nationwide, you can change all drinks that contain milk, such as Caffe Latte, Vanilla Latte, and Toffee Nut Latte, to oats, and you can add 500 won to the existing drink.

Blizzard’s highly anticipated ‘Diablo IV’ has no plans for an Xbox Game Pass release

▲ 'Diablo IV' will not be released as an Xbox Game Pass game (Source = Rod Ferguson Twitter)
▲ ‘Diablo IV’ will not be released as an Xbox Game Pass game (Source = Rod Ferguson Twitter)

Blizzard Entertainment (hereafter referred to as Blizzard) has announced its position that it has no plans to provide ‘Diablo IV’ as an Xbox Game Pass game, which is scheduled for release on June 6 this year.

The news was made official after Rod Fergusson, head of Blizzard’s Diablo franchise, tweeted that he was asked if Diablo IV would be added to the Xbox Game Pass, but that there was no such plan.

Microsoft bought Activision Blizzard, Blizzard’s parent company, for $68.7 billion (about 89.7 trillion won) in January 2022 to expand its game business.. As more people expect it to be added to the game ticket, it’ It seems that Blizzard officials have finally expressed their position.

AMD mobile processor performance is amazing … Geekbench leak ‘Phoenix R5 7640U APU’

▲ Data = Videocardz
▲ Data = Videocardz

Although AMD has released desktop CPUs based on the ZNE4 architecture, the benchmark information of the recent mobile low-power processor Phoenix-U (Phoenix) R5 7640U has been confirmed.

The benchmark comparison group was the R5 6600U installed in the LENOVO 82QF and the yet-to-be-released R5 7640U, and the single-core performance on Geekbench was 1,869 points, an increase of about 26.8%, and the multi-core performance -core was 8,853, an increase of approximately 22.3% Confirmed.

In other words, an average performance improvement of more than 20% has been applied due to the improved process and the architecture improvement in the same TDP. Additionally, according to the information confirmed through system information, the APU R5 7640U is known to have a base of 3.5GHz and a boost of 4.9GHz and is designed with a TDP of 15W.

In addition, the not yet announced R5 7640H has the same 6 cores and 12 threads, but has a base of 4.3 GHz and a boost of 5.0 GHz, and the higher model, the R5 7840HS, has 8 core and 16 threads, a base of 4.3 GHz and a boost of 5.0 GHz, with a TDP of 35 to 54 W. If you are a user who wants to buy a notebook product this year, why don’t you pay attention to the model with this APU ?