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The most important recent development has been the finalized payment rate for Medicare Advantage plans for the coming year.


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The most important recent development has been the finalized payment rate for Medicare Advantage plans for the coming year.

Iran war has driven the price of benchmark Brent crude oil above $100 a barrel.

The move by OPEC+ was in line with expectations that further output policy adjustments are unlikely until next year.

Gulf OPEC+ producers have been pumping well below output targets in the face of continuing export disruptions from the US-Israeli war on Iran.

Investors are largely expecting the Fed to hold interest rates steady at its meeting this month.

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Indonesia's central bank kept interest rates unchanged Wednesday, assessing the impact of rupiah-support measures as currency risks flared again.
The decision was announced a day after data showed the fastest pace of price increases in months.

The U.K. central bank is monitoring for signs that higher energy costs are spilling over into everyday prices.
NPR's A Martinez speaks with economist Claudia Sahm about why the Federal Reserve chose to raise interest rates after months of keeping them steady.
The Bank of England is expected to keep rates steady Thursday, even after U.K. inflation rose to 3.1% and energy costs keep pressure on prices.

Canada's consumer-price index slipped 0.1% in August, holding the annual rate of inflation at 3%, Statistics Canada said.
Container import activity has been steady throughout the summer with no sharp shifts in inventories. Recent history suggests that will change. The post Imports…

Prices in the US rose 3.4% in the 12 months to August, according to the latest official figures.

The inflation rate held steady at 3.4% in August.
The Labor Department's consumer price index held steady last month, rising as expected for the year ending in August.
Asian shares have skidded following a retreat on Wall Street as the price of crude oil again trades above $100 a barrel

Official data shows steady growth and low unemployment, but misses how rising costs have left many Americans behind.
The decision on Sunday by the cartel of oil-producing nations and some of its allies came after the resumption of U.S. and Iranian military strikes in the Pers…

Number of new jobs being added has been fluctuating, with private companies adding 38,000 jobs in AugustThe US economy added 162,000 jobs in August, an uptick…

In remarks that seem to contrast with statements last week from Chairman Kevin Warsh, Waller expressed confidence in the current inflation trends.

The central bank left its main interest rate unchanged at 2.25%, and said the escalating trade conflict between the U.S. and Canada threatens to add to inflati…
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Despite an increase in disposable income, personal consumption expenditures rose just 0.2% last month compared with a 0.4% gain in June.

The move comes as continued uncertainty around the Middle East conflict and fresh fiscal anxiety about the U.S. economy kept market pricing for rates moves in…
Asian shares are mostly lower after U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish ahead of potentially market-moving events later in the week

Fears about the war in Iran, government deficits, the economy and corporate borrowing stirred global markets.

Yields, at recent highs this week, dropped after treasury's vow to 'provide greater liquidity support' to bond market. The US treasury is doubling its buyback…

The announcement targets the sensitive longer-duration part of the Treasury market.

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