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Women Don’t Trust Bank of England With Inflation, Study Finds

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Oil Prices Get Short-Lived Jolt From Latest Trump Tariff Threat

(Bloomberg) -- Oil futures got a short-lived jolt Thursday after President Donald Trump reiterated plans to impose 25% tariffs on imports from major crude suppliers Canada and Mexico. Most Read from BloombergManhattan’s Morning Commute Time Drops With New Congestion TollHow the 2025 Catholic Jubilee Is Reshaping RomeTrump Paves the Way to Deputize Local Police on ImmigrationHousing Aid Uncertain After Trump’s Spending Freeze MemoTrump's Federal Funding Pause Threatens State Financials West Texas

Mexico Economy Shrinks Much More Than Expected as Risks Rise

(Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s economy posted the first quarterly contraction since 2021, shrinking much more than expected on weaker domestic demand and uncertainty over tariffs by the US, the country’s top trade partner. Most Read from BloombergManhattan’s Morning Commute Time Drops With New Congestion TollHow the 2025 Catholic Jubilee Is Reshaping RomeTrump Paves the Way to Deputize Local Police on ImmigrationHousing Aid Uncertain After Trump’s Spending Freeze MemoTrump's Federal Funding Pause Threa

Oil Flow Through Russia’s Ust-Luga Appears to Pause After Attack

(Bloomberg) -- Oil flows through Russia’s Baltic Sea port of Ust-Luga appeared to pause, backing up Kyiv’s claims of a successful drone strike on a pumping station. Most Read from BloombergManhattan’s Morning Commute Time Drops With New Congestion TollHow the 2025 Catholic Jubilee Is Reshaping RomeTrump Paves the Way to Deputize Local Police on ImmigrationHousing Aid Uncertain After Trump’s Spending Freeze MemoTrump's Federal Funding Pause Threatens State Financials It would present a significan

Weak business spending restrains US economy; domestic demand robust

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. economic growth slowed in the fourth quarter as a strike at Boeing contributed to depressing business investment, but robust consumer spending probably keeps the Federal Reserve on a slow interest rate cut path this year. The moderation in growth last quarter reported by the Commerce Department on Thursday was also because inventories at businesses were run down, underscoring the strong domestic demand. There was a surprise drop in imports, despite imports helping to boost the goods trade deficit to a record high in December, which had prompted economists to sharply downgrade their fourth-quarter growth estimates.