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Jul 2022
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Fed hikes rates, but next steps are unce...

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US interest rates are going up by 0.75% for the second month in a row, the drama surrounding Elon Musk’s halted Twitter takeover debacle is hurting the social media company’s advertising business and employee morale, and European gas prices are rising as Russia cuts gas flows to the continent. 


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Fed raises rates by 0.75 points for second month in a row

Twitter ‘rudderless’ as Musk saga hurts advertising business

Gas crisis raises recession risk for inflation-hit eurozone economy

European gas price rise accelerates as Russia cuts flows

Australia’s oversupply of avocados forces farmers to look to Asia and UK for sales 


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