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Traders price three half-point Fed hikes as bonds, stocks fall

Bloomberg Global bonds added to this year’s epic rout as traders brace for the most aggressive Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes in 40 years and the likelihood most global central banks will also tighten. The policy-sensitive two-year yield climbed as much as eight basis points on Friday to 2.76%, the highest since late 2018, after Fed Chair Jerome Powell said overnight ...

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Shareholders gained 50 times as much as US workers in pandemic

  Bloomberg Shareholders in some of the biggest US companies reaped wealth gains in the pandemic that outpaced pay hikes for their employees by more than 50 to 1, according to a study by the Brookings Institution. The report — focused on 22 industry leaders, including Amazon.com Inc. and McDonald’s Corp. — found that stockholders added some $1.5 trillion in ...

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Oil settles little changed as low supplies offset cloudy outlook

Bloomberg Oil edged higher after a tumultuous session where traders weighed concerns about tight global supply with Germany announcing a ban on Russian oil and a sharp drop in US crude inventories. West Texas Intermediate settled above $102 on Wednesday after swinging between gains and losses. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said that the country plans to stop importing oil ...

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