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(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas President Lorie Logan said it would be appropriate, in the medium term, for the US central bank to purchase more shorter-term securities than longer-term ones so that its portfolio can more quickly mirror the composition of Treasury issuance. Most Read from BloombergTrump Targets $128 Billion California High-Speed Rail ProjectTrump Asserts Power Over NYC, Proclaims ‘Long Live the King’NYC’s Congestion Pricing Pulls In $48.6 Million in First MonthNYC

Taiwanese chip maker Vanguard International Semiconductor warned on Tuesday that U.S. tariffs on imported chips could spur inflation and impact global economic growth, but said it expects the direct impact on the company would be small. U.S. President Donald Trump said last week that he intends to impose auto tariffs in the neighbourhood of 25% and similar duties on semiconductors and pharmaceutical imports, the latest in a series of threats that could upend international trade. Vanguard Chairman Leuh Fang told analysts on a post-earnings call that the company was adopting a "wait and see" stance as it was unclear how serious and far the Trump administration would go.

Dallas Federal Reserve Bank President Lorie Logan on Tuesday floated the idea of allocating a "modest" part of the Fed's balance sheet to loans and repos, perhaps holding a daily auction of discount-window loans. This would encourage banks needing liquidity to be ready to borrow from the Fed and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of policy implementation, Logan said. "Such a facility might also smooth the redistribution of reserves around the banking system," Logan said in remarks prepared for delivery to a Bank of England conference in London.

The German economy shrank by 0.2% in the final quarter of 2024 compared with the previous quarter, the statistics office reported on Tuesday, confirming a preliminary reading. Exports of goods and services were down considerably, falling 2.2% compared with the previous quarter, with a higher decline last recorded in the second quarter of 2020, it said. Increasing competition from abroad, high energy costs, elevated interest rates and uncertain economic prospects have taken their toll on the German economy, which contracted in 2024 for the second year in a row.

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Oil prices fell more than 2% to a two-month low on Tuesday on negative economic news from the U.S. and Germany, driven in part by worries about U.S. President Donald Trump's push for trade tariffs. Brent futures fell $1.61, or 2.25%, to $73.17 a barrel by 10:34 a.m. EST (1534 GMT), while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude fell $1.60, or 2.3%, to $69.10. Analysts said Trump's trade policies have raised concern at the U.S. Federal Reserve that higher import tariffs could boost inflation.

Taiwan's economy minister said on Tuesday his ministry had not received information about an overseas investment application by Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC, when asked about possible investment in Intel and the United States. U.S. media has reported that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the world's largest contract chipmaker and a major supplier to companies including Apple and Nvidia, has been in talks to potentially take a stake in Intel.