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Bessent Backs Financial Support for Oil-Rich U.A.E.
ByAlan Rappeport April 22, 2026

The Treasury secretary said that currency swap line would benefit both the United Arab Emirates and the United States.

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I.M.F. Says Iran War Will Drag Global Growth Lower
ByAlan Rappeport April 9, 2026April 10, 2026

Kristalina Georgieva, the head of the International Monetary Fund, said the war in the Middle East could lead to another bout of inflation and higher interest rates.

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Higher Oil Prices Could Put the Fed in a Bind as Labor Market Softens
ByColby Smith March 10, 2026March 10, 2026

Investors now expect that the Fed will delay a rate cut until September instead of July, as they had before the war in Iran began.

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