Live: Market digests US news that rates 'may have peaked', global fight against…

The US central bank — 'The Fed' — kept interest rates on hold, and signalled they may have peaked. That's likely to boost our local share market, as it would mark a key point in the global fight against inflation that's boomed since the COVID pandemic. Follow the day's financial news and insights from our specialist business reporters on our live blog. Disclaimer: this blog is not intended as investment advice. By Daniel Ziffer More analysis of the Fed's call, this time from Capital Economics, chief North America economist Paul Ashworth. He expects a rate cut in March. (In Australia we're still talking about rates potentially…