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US banks ride ‘soft landing’ high
Russia has expanded the capacity of its shadow fleet of oil tankers despite western sanctions, and US bank stocks hit their highest level since before the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, following better than expected quarterly earnings. Plus, the Eurozone’s weak economic growth and sluggish consumer prices have raised concerns about low inflation, and Argentina’s president Javier Milei is not ready to lift the country’s currency controls. Mentioned in this podcast: Russia’s shadow fleet grows despite western crackdown US bank stocks pass pre-SVB high on hopes for economic ‘soft landing’ Spectre of low inflation returns to haunt Eurozone policymakers Argentina’s Javier Milei says his ‘regime of freedom’ not ready to drop currency controls Musk’s SpaceX catches returning booster rocket in technical milestone The FT News Briefing is produced by Niamh Rowe, Fiona Symon, Sonja Hutson, Kasia Broussalian and Marc Filippino. Additional help from Breen Turner, Sam Giovinco, Peter Barber, Michael Lello, David da Silva and Gavin Kallmann. Our engineer is Joseph Salcedo. Topher Forhecz is the FT’s executive producer. The FT’s global head of audio is Cheryl Brumley. The show’s theme song is by Metaphor Music. Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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