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Elon Musk Predicts 'Mild Recession' For 18 Months, Says U.S. Economy Is 'Past Peak Inflation'

CEO Elon Musk has said that the U.S. recession is inevitable and will last for the next year and a half.

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Japan’s Inflation Stays Above Central Bank Target for 3rd Month

Japan’s core consumer inflation remained above the central bank’s 2% target for a 3rd straight month in June

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U.S. Treasury to End 1979 Treaty with Global Minimum Tax Holdout Hungary

The U.S. Treasury on Friday said it was moving to terminate a 1979 tax treaty with Hungary in the wake of Budapest's decision to block the European Union's implementation of a new, 15% global minimum tax.

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British Pound Q3 2022 Forecast: The Bank of England - It’s Time to Decide

The second quarter of the year has been a tricky three months for the Bank of England (BoE) as inflation continued to soar – and is expected to rise further - while growth slowed to a crawl, sparking fears that the UK may enter a recession (two consecutive quarters of negative growth).

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World’s Most Aggressive Central Bank Raises Key Rate to 200%

Zimbabwe’s central bank raised interest rates to a record and the government officially reintroduced the US dollar as legal currency to rein in surging inflation and stabilize the nation’s tumbling exchange rate.

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'Delusional': UN Chief Slams New Fossil Fuel Funding and Warns of Climate Chaos

The U.N. Secretary General has slammed new funding for fossil fuel exploration, describing it as "delusional" and calling for an abandonment of fossil fuel finance.

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China Weighs Reviving Jack Ma’s Ant IPO as Crackdown Eases

Chinese financial regulators have started early stage discussions on a potential revival of Ant Group Co.’s IPO,

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India, Second-Largest Wheat Producer, Bans Exports amid Food Supply Concerns

India, the second-largest producer of wheat, has banned exports of the commodity, due to a risk to its food security.

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Germany Will Support Russian Oil Embargo After Significantly Reducing Dependence: Report

According to Fox, Germany will support the European embargo of Russian oil, marking another significant turnaround in the nation’s position on the Russia-Ukraine conflict.

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China Q1 2022 GDP: five things to watch

China’s economic outlook was already challenging at the beginning of the year, as the effects of President Xi Jinping’s crackdown on property and other high-growth industries rippled through the world’s second-largest economy.

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What Victor Orban’s Election Victory Means for EU Politics and Markets

Orban, a self-styled illiberal democrat, is most apparently an incumbent again winning by a wide margin.

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Millions in China’s Northeast Placed under COVID-19 Lockdown

China has imposed stay-at-home orders on millions more people in the country’s northeast, as it tries to tackle its biggest coronavirus outbreak in two years.

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CBR Tackles Geopolitically Motivated Ruble Depreciation, Boosts Key Rate to 20 Percent

Russia’s central bank, CBR, has more than doubled its key interest rate from 9.5% to 20% as its currency

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Spot Rotterdam Gas Prices Soared to Over €1400/Thousand Cubic Meters Instantaneously. What’s Next?

Gas prices are soaring globally, largely because of the resurgence of demand for fossil fuels after the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdowns, depleted storage and the difficulty of ramping up supply after the disruptions of the past two years.