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Reliance Pauses Buying of Venezuelan Oil After Trump 25% Tariff

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Spanish Consumers Helped Economy Outpace Peers at End of 2024

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Defense Contractor Sold for €1 Is One of Europe’s Hottest Stocks

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China Sets Softer Carbon Caps for New Industries Added to Market

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Fed's Goolsbee sees lower interest rates in a year's time, but warns of uncertainties, FT reports

Goolsbee, a voting member of Fed's rate-setting committee this year, told the FT that if markets start factoring higher inflation then he would view that as "a major red flag area of concern" for policymaking decisions. Fed policymakers left the central bank's benchmark interest rate in the 4.25%-4.50% range earlier in March and signaled they still expect to lower it at some point later this year. Fed Chair Jerome Powell later said that President Donald Trump's tariff increases would delay progress in bringing down inflation this year, but the Fed's base case is that tariff-related price impacts will be transitory, working through the economy quickly.