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‼️🇺🇸THE FED HOLDS ITS BASE INTEREST RATE AT 3.5%-3.75%.
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🤍The Fed says the impact of events in the Middle East is uncertain.
❗️The Federal Reserve maintains its forecasts for one interest rate cut in 2026 and one in 2027.
🤍The "scatter plot" of rate forecasts shows that the median policymaker is forecast to cut rates by 0.25 percentage points in 2026 and another 0.25 percentage points in 2027, consistent with forecasts made in December.
🤍Core inflation is projected to reach 2.7% by the end of 2026, up from the 2.5% forecast in D

🔼🛢The price of Brent crude oil jumped to nearly $110 per barrel after Israel struck Iran's largest gas processing plant.
Iran now claims that some energy facilities in the Persian Gulf are "legitimate targets."
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Previously:
- South Pars gas field attacked.
- Iran announced its intention to retaliate.

🔴UAE air defense systems intercepted 13 ballistic missiles and 27 drones launched from Iran on March 18, the UAE Ministry of Defense reported.
Since the beginning of the attacks, the following have been recorded:
• Ballistic missiles - 327
• Cruise missiles - 15
• Drones - 1,699
The attacks killed two military personnel and six civilians, and injured another 158 people to varying degrees.

🔜🇺🇸TODAY AT 8:00 PM KYIV FEDERAL RATE DECISION!
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Previously: The Fed will likely keep interest rates unchanged.

🔼🇺🇸The US national debt reached a new historical high of $39 trillion.

🇮🇷⚔️🇸🇦IRAN INTENSIFIES ATTACKS ON OIL-RICH SAUDI ARABIA. ⨯ [Bloomberg]
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On Monday, Tehran launched nearly 100 drones at Saudi Arabia, marking the largest single-day strike on the country since the war began.
🇮🇷⚔️🇦🇪 Iran's attacks on the UAE have also increased. The country's Defense Ministry said it had detected 55 projectiles, including 10 ballistic missiles, and 45 drones—the highest number since March 8.

🇺🇸🏁🇮🇷 [Donald J. Trump] ⨯ WE NO LONGER "NEED" OR WANT HELP FROM NATO COUNTRIES – WE NEVER HAVE!
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🤍Most of our NATO allies have informed the United States that they do not wish to participate in our Military Operation against the Terrorist Regime of Iran in the Middle East, despite the fact that almost every country strongly agreed with what we are doing and that Iran must under no circumstances be allowed to acquire Nuclear Weapons.
However, I'm not surprised by their actions, because I've always considered NATO, where we spend

🛢KEY CHOKES IN GLOBAL OIL SUPPLY.
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▶️ Global oil supplies are critically dependent on several key sea routes. In the first half of 2025, approximately 73 million barrels of oil passed through them daily – the majority of all maritime trade.
Major oil corridors:
▫️Strait of Malacca – 23.2 million barrels per day (29%)
The busiest route, connecting the Indian Ocean with the South China Sea, provides supplies to China, Japan, and South Korea.
▫️Strait of Hormuz — 20.9 million barrels per day (26%)
The key artery of the Persian Gulf: about 1/5 of the world's oil passes through

🇮🇱🇮🇷 Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu:
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We are undermining the regime in the hopes of empowering the people to overthrow it.
It won't happen overnight, and it won't be easy. But if we persist, we will give them the opportunity to take their destiny into their own hands.
We are helping our American allies in the Persian Gulf. We will help both indirectly and through direct action—there are many surprises yet to come.

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