Notes today:

 

• The Federal Reserve's statement on the biggest interest rate hike since 1994, in full.. 

• Russian opposition leader and prominent Putin critic Alexey Navalny has been transferred from a penal colony outside Moscow to a high-security prison with a reputation for abuse and torture.

• The impact of a major storm in the golf this year will be more extreme than usual – worldwide. All five operational liquified natural gas export terminals are located along the Gulf of Mexico coast between Corpus Christi in Texas and Lake Charles in Louisiana — potentially putting them in the path of hurricanes. 

• An estimated 25% of home listings cut their asking prices. 

• SEC Chairman Gary Gensler said that the recent crash in prices for crypto has underscored the need to better regulate the digital-asset industry – no kidding, who would have thought.

• Jan. 6th committee has emails from Justice  Thomas' wife Ginni to Trump attorney John Eastman — verifying that her efforts to overturn the election were far more extensive than previously known.

• (Reuters) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Wednesday released new warnings for synthetic pollutants in drinking water known as "forever chemicals" saying the toxins can still be harmful even at levels so low they are not detectable.

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