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Oil prices were little changed on Monday after registering a monthly loss for the first time since November, while investors await the outcome of efforts to end the Russia-Ukraine war and repercussions from U.S. tariffs. Brent crude rose 31 cents, or 0.43%, to $73.12 a barrel by 1403 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was up 25 cents, or 0.36%, at $70.01. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that he believed he could salvage his relationship with U.S. President Donald Trump.

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Argentina’s libertarian president Javier Milei signaled late Saturday that a new deal with the International Monetary Fund was imminent, as he used his annual address to congress to project an optimistic picture of his economic overhaul following a divisive first year in office and recent swirl of controversies. In a speech that played to the sentiments of his right-wing base but included little in the way of new policy, Milei promised the crisis-stricken nation that, in the coming days, he would “ask congress to support the government in this new agreement with the International Monetary Fund" even as it seemed Argentina had yet to close the deal. Revisiting the economic themes of his 2023 presidential campaign ahead of crucial midterm elections in October, Milei declared: “We went from talking about hyperinflation to talking about long-term stability.”

Yields on Treasury inflation-protected securities have approached their highest levels of the past two decades.

A top Fed official and the chief economist at Apollo both sounded the alarm on stagflation risks this week.

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