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245 Summer Street

Fidelity® Investments 

Boston, MA 02210


December 15, 2023

U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, D.C. 20549


RE:

Fidelity Hastings Street Trust (the trust): File Nos. 002-11517 and 811-00215

Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Fund
Fidelity Series Emerging Markets Debt Local Currency Fund (the fund(s))

Post-Effective Amendment No. 193

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

Pursuant to Rule 8b-16 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, Regulation S-T and Rule 485(a) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, (33 Act) transmitted herewith on behalf of the trust is Post-Effective Amendment No. 193 to the trusts current effective Registration Statement on Form N-1A.  This transmission contains a conformed signature page, the manually signed original of which is maintained at the offices of the trust.

This filing contains the Prospectus(es) and Statement(s) of Additional Information for the fund(s) referenced above.


Pursuant to Rule 472 under the 33 Act, copies indicating modifications and editorial changes made since the filing of the last applicable Registration Statement for each funds Prospectus(es) and SAI(s) are filed herein.


This filing incorporates changes to add the use of derivatives, specifically credit default swaps, interest rate swaps, forward foreign currency exchange contracts, and futures, as a principal investment strategy.  This filing also serves to make other non-material changes.

Pursuant to Rule 485(a), the trust elects an effective date of February 29, 2024. We request your comments by January 16, 2024. Please note that certain charts and tabular information will be included in the applicable Prospectus(es) and Statement(s) of Additional Information in a subsequent amendment to the trusts Registration Statement.

Please contact Renée Fuller at (603) 721-4221 with any questions or comments regarding this filing.



Sincerely,




/s/Renée Fuller
Renée Fuller
Shareholder Reporting