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Oil Set for Weekly Drop on Fed’s Slower Path and Tariff Risks

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Fed's Preferred Inflation Gauge Falls More Than Expected: Markets Breathe Sigh Of Relief

The Federal Reserve’s key inflation measure came in below expectations for November, delivering welcome relief Friday to markets after the central bank warned earlier this week of mounting price pressures heading into the new year. The Personal Consumption Expenditures price index grew by 2.4% in November 2024 on a year-over-year basis, up from 2.3% in October, according to government data. The figure missed economist forecasts of 2.5%, yet it marked the second consecutive monthly increase in th

Fed’s Daly Says She’s ‘Very Comfortable’ With Two 2025 Rate Cuts

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Oil falls on demand growth concerns, robust dollar

LONDON (Reuters) -Oil prices fell on Friday on worries about demand growth in 2025, especially in top crude importer China, putting global oil benchmarks on track to end the week down more than 3%. Chinese state-owned refiner Sinopec said in its annual energy outlook released on Thursday that China's crude imports could peak as soon as 2025 and the country's oil consumption would peak by 2027 as diesel and gasoline demand weaken. "Benchmark crude prices are in a prolonged consolidation phase as the market heads towards the year-end weighed by uncertainty in oil demand growth," said Emril Jamil, senior research specialist at LSEG.