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Kyiv Readies for Top U.S. Official Visit, Odesa Attack Kills 8

Kyiv Readies for Top U.S. Official Visit, Odesa Attack Kills 8

Kyiv prepared on Saturday for its first wartime visit from two top U.S. officials, as Ukraine accused Russia of killing six people in a strike on Odessa that all but buried hopes of a truce for Orthodox Easter.  The Sunday visit by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will come at a symbolic moment — on the day the war enters its third month — and with fierce battles continuing in the country’s east. It… Source link

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Can the Fed avoid spooking markets as it readies a taper?

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has all but announced that the central bank will take the first steps in paring back its extraordinary monetary stimulus, hoping that markets will not sour in response. Commentary from Fed officials over the last few weeks have pointed to an announcement on Nov. 3 that the central bank will slow its quantitative easing program. For months, markets have been wondering when the Fed would “taper” the pace of its U.S. Treasuries and agency mortgage-backed… Source link

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