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        <title><![CDATA[Craig Stirling]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Inflation Drumbeat Persists for Unnerved US Consumer]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vince Golle]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 09 May 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Jobs Report to Show Resilience in the Wake of Iran War]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lagarde Joins Powell in Rejecting Stagflation Label of 1970s]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 13:57:42 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Merz’s Economic Headache Shows No Signs of Abating]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[For Germany, 2026 was meant to mark a new chapter. But the economy’s rebound already looks feeble.]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:00:02 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Fed Set to Lead Uneasy G-7 With Rates Kept on Hold This Week]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Stirling]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Euro Zone Price Spike Seen Surging Higher in Second Month of War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Stirling]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2026 15:41:56 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Euro-Zone Economy Strained as War Impact Ripples Across Globe]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 09:57:49 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Thursday’s numbers showed Germany worst-hit, with the manufacturing and services gauges both declining again.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[ECB’s Lane Sees ‘Natural’ Fiscal Case for Europe Common Debt]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 07:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[War Revives Stagflation Dangers for Global Economy]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Lagarde, Worried About AI, Lauds Anthropic’s Approach on Mythos]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Francine Lacqua]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 15:07:38 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Global Rate Path Veers Higher in Wake of Another Trump Shock]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Inflation Seen Spiking in First Snapshot Since Iran War]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vince Golle]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[War’s First Inflation Hit Arrives in the Euro Area]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The first hard data on the initial fallout for consumers in the euro zone shows the biggest inflation jump since 2022]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Stirling]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2026 11:02:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Job Market Likely Thawed Out This Month After February Chill]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Vince Golle]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Commuters wait for a SEPTA bus near City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Monday, Aug. 11, 2025. Officials at Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority, known as SEPTA, warned in a meeting last week that without an infusion of cash by Aug. 14, the system will cut 20% of its service.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran War Leaves Global Economic Leaders Searching for Answers]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2026 10:18:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Biggest Euro-Zone Price Jump Since 2022 Seen in First G-20 Data]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 27 Mar 2026 16:07:43 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Iran War Just Canceled a Better Economic Outlook for the World]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Imagine an alternative reality where Donald Trump opted against attacking Iran.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Stirling]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 26 Mar 2026 11:08:06 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Blast damage following an overnight missile attack by Iran in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. Iran launched overnight missile and drone attacks on the Israeli cities of Eilat, Dimona and Tel Aviv, as well as US bases in the Middle East. Photographer: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[War Knocks Global Economy With Dual Shock to Growth, Prices]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 24 Mar 2026 10:22:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shockwave of War Is Rippling Through the Global Economy]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Craig Stirling]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 20:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A semi truck driver refuels a truck with diesel fuel at a Pilot gas station in Eloy, Arizona, US, on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. US diesel rose above $5 a gallon for the first time since December 2022, the latest sign of surging fuel price pressures menacing the global economy as the war in Iran continues to disrupt energy supplies.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump Just Shook Up Global Interest-Rate Policy Again]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[The US president’s capacity to unnerve central bankers is as untrammeled as ever]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2026 11:02:01 GMT</pubDate>
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