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Mar 2022
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The Federal Reserve finally raises rates

Financial Times
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The Federal Reserve has lifted its benchmark interest rate by a quarter of a percentage point, Europe’s largest energy traders have called on central banks for help to avert a cash crunch, and the FT’s Tom Mitchell discusses the rising cost of Beijing’s loyalty to Moscow. 


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Mentioned in this podcast:

Fed announces first rate rise since 2018 amid surging inflation

China makes rare intervention to bolster confidence after market rout

The rising cost of China’s friendship with Russia 

Energy traders call for ‘emergency’ central bank intervention

War in Ukraine: free to read 

Twitter Space: China’s involvement in the war in Ukraine 


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