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Goldman scraps March rate hike call as traders unwind Fed bets

BLOOMBERG Less than a week after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell opened the door to a re-acceleration in the pace of interest-rate hikes, traders slammed it shut again amid the sudden eruption of financial strains at US regional banks. Goldman Sachs Group economists said they no longer expect the Fed to deliver a rate increase next week, even after US ...

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Biden backs $8bn Alaska oil project despite climate peril

BLOOMBERG President Joe Biden authorised a giant ConocoPhillips oil project in northwest Alaska that environmentalists argue has no place in a warming world, even as he sought to bar future drilling across US Arctic waters and lands. The approach represents Biden’s bid for a middle ground, as he seeks to accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels while bound by ...

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Oil tumbles as SVB failure sends investors fleeing from risk

BLOOMBERG Oil tumbled, shaken by the biggest US bank collapse since 2008 as investors fled from risk assets and sought shelter in government bonds and gold. The failure of Silicon Valley Bank roiled markets as traders try to assess how the collapse will reverberate across the economy. Global benchmark Brent crude fell below $80 for the first time in more ...

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