Oil price tumbles to 3-year low on fears trade war will hit demand

• Oil prices hold at 2025 lows on tariff fears, prospects for end to war in Ukraine

  Oil futures settled lower Wednesday, with concerns over the global economic outlook and potential for an end to Russia’s war against Ukraine that could lift sanctions on Moscow prompting prices to ...
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 26

• Oil prices settle at lowest level of the year as tariff threat hurts demand outlook

  Oil futures settled Tuesday at their lowest level of the year, with the economy and energy demand expected to take a hit from proposed U.S. tariffs on Canada and Mexico that may come into effect ...
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 25

• HELOC rates hit a two-year low: 3 reasons to open one now

  HELOC rates dropped lower this week, easing costs for borrowers. That's not the only reason to open one, though.
  
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  Stock markets fall after US tariffs spark trade war fears

  Stock markets in the US, Asia and the UK dip after Trump tariffs kicked in and spark retaliation.
  
  BBC News - 1d

• Trump’s trade war will hit hardest at home. This is the biggest casualty.

  U.S. trading partners will find that American consumers can be replaced.
  
  MarketWatch - 5h

• 2-, 10-year yields end at 2025 lows as investors navigate fears about growth

  U.S. government debt rallied on Monday, pushing 2- and 10-year yields to lows for the year, amid worries about the outlook for economic growth against a backdrop of sticky inflation.
  
  MarketWatch - Feb. 24

• Trump says a 'little disturbance' from tariffs is OK, as markets reel from trade war fears

  President Donald Trump conceded before a joint session of Congress that his steep new tariffs will cause "a little disturbance."
  
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  Japan's birth rate fell for a ninth consecutive year in 2024 to hit a record low

  The number of babies born in Japan last year fell for a ninth consecutive year to hit a record low, according to health ministry data
  
  ABC News - 6d
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  Tesla China shipments tumble, the latest sign of weakening demand

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• Freezing health benefit would save UK £1bn a year by 2029, says think-tank

  State spending on incapacity and disability payments has risen sharply in recent years
  
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• Colleges of further education in England will get less funding than promised

  Reduction to two-thirds of budgeted top-up payments for additional students a sign of looming government squeezes
  
  Financial Times - 6h

• Union deals will give UK employers wriggle room on zero-hours jobs

  Changes to workers’ rights bill would create strong incentive for businesses to enter collective bargaining schemes
  
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• UK justice secretary to over-rule new sentencing advice over ‘double standards’

  Shabana Mahmood will recommend reversing guidelines that appear to favour offenders from ethnic minorities
  
  Financial Times - 8h

• The reawakening of Germany

  Berlin is moving towards providing economic and security leadership for Europe
  
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  National Endowment for Democracy Sues Top Trump Aides Over Funding Freeze

  The nonprofit has enjoyed bipartisan support since its founding in the Reagan era, but it finds itself under pressure from the Trump administration.
  
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  New Zealand’s high commissioner to the UK loses job after Trump comments

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  Senate Democrats condemn Russia over Ukraine war and dare Republicans to object – live

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  At Ukraine’s Trump-Themed Cafe, Patrons Demand a Name Change

  At a pizza and coffee joint in Kyiv named for the U.S. president, patrons are having second thoughts about its moniker after President Trump suspended military aid to Ukraine.
  
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  Protests turn violent as Greece's government battles censure motion over deadly train crash

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