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Fed Rate-Cut Debate Shifts From When Toward If on Inflation Data
The debate for the Federal Reserve is beginning to shift from how many times to cut interest rates this year to whether to cut them at all in 2024.
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US Pushes for ‘Last Chance’ of Gaza Ceasefire as Blinken Visits
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken will step up efforts to secure a truce in Gaza when he arrives in the Middle East on Monday, in what could be a final chance to persuade Israel to call off an attack on the southern city of Rafah.
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Wall Street Bulls Say Stock Rally Can Resume Even Without Rate Cuts
Robust global economic growth may offer equities enough support to resume a record-breaking rally, even if bets on Federal Reserve interest rate cuts this year are completely abandoned.
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Macron Raises Europe Defense Stakes by Suggesting Nuclear Arms
French President Emmanuel Macron raised the stakes in his call for a credible European defense by adding nuclear weapons to the discussion.
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Biden Strategy to Tame Gas Prices Is in Peril as Iran Sanctions Pressure Mounts
The cost of gas at the pump is already up 18% this year, but Congress is urging tougher sanctions enforcement.
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Bankers Doing Bond Deals Caught Out by New Era of Issuer Clauses
Message to bond underwriters: Some big customers are sizing up your ESG credentials.
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Civil War Movie: What Kind of American Are You?
By John Kass April 26, 2024 My family survived a terrible Civil War in Greece just before I was born. Not in some Hollywood movie, with combatants issuing their pithy sayings, those bad fantasy hombres with just the right length of chin stubble as they squint through the sights, but a civil war in real […]
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Israel Has a Choice To Make: Rafah or Riyadh
U.S. diplomacy to end the Gaza war and forge a new relationship with Saudi Arabia has been converging in recent
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Media Propagates Evil Lies About Situation in Middle East
We now have clear proof of the adage that a lie gets halfway around the world before the truth can put its boots on.
