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Five EU Finance Ministers Just Revived the Windfall Tax Playbook. The Energy Industry Says It Will Not Work Twice.

Five EU finance ministers demand a windfall tax on energy firms as Brent tops $110 and eurozone inflation hits 2.5%. The ECB meets in 23 days.

Economy

The US Just Lifted Sanctions on Iranian Oil. It Is Also Bombing Iran.

The US lifted sanctions on 140 million barrels of Iranian oil at sea while bombing Iran. Brent closed at $112.19. The administration has run out of levers.

Economy

TotalEnergies Just Hit a Record. Europe’s Defense Rally Faded by Lunch.

TotalEnergies hits a 52-week high at €73 as Brent surges 8 percent on Iran war, while European defense stocks rally on €800 billion ReArm Europe spending and 260 percent gains since 2022.

Economy

US Mortgage Rates Hit Three-Year Low at 6.01% — but Fed Minutes Reveal Deep Policy Rift

US 30-year mortgage rate hits 6.01%, lowest since September 2022, as Fed minutes reveal policy rift and January home sales plunge 8.4% to two-year low.

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The Islamabad Talks Failed. Here Is What That Actually Means for the Economy.

US Inflation Jumped to 3.3% in March. The Fed Has Nowhere to Go.

Five EU Finance Ministers Just Revived the Windfall Tax Playbook. The Energy Industry Says It Will Not Work Twice.

Three Tankers Just Transited Hormuz on a Route Iran Does Not Control. The Blockade Has a Crack.

The STOXX 600 Lost 8 Percent in Five Weeks. The Recovery Trade Is Collateral Damage.

Apollo Told Investors They Can Have 45 Cents. The Other 55 Cents Are Stuck Inside a War.

Four Weeks Down. No Floor in Sight.

A Jury Just Told the World’s Richest Man That His Tweets Have Consequences. The Fine Won’t Matter. The Precedent Will.

EUR/USD Lost Four Cents in Two Months. The ECB Just Told You It Cannot Get Them Back.

Three Americas Currencies. Three Unrelated Bets. Zero Overlap.

The Fed Decides at 2pm. The Dot Plot Decides the Rest of Your Quarter.

DXY Topped 100. The Dollar Isn’t Strong. It’s Just the Last Man Standing.

USOR token launched on Solana claiming oil reserve backing. It surged 400,000%, then crashed 90%

Bitcoin Closes Q1 Down 47 Percent. Fear Is at 11. FTX Just Released $2.2 Billion.

The Only Person in the White House Who Understood Crypto Just Lost His Desk

An Eye Drop Company Just Bought 8.78% of a DeFi Protocol. The Ticker Changes April 3.

Interest-rates

Five EU Finance Ministers Just Revived the Windfall Tax Playbook. The Energy Industry Says It Will Not Work Twice.

The US Just Lifted Sanctions on Iranian Oil. It Is Also Bombing Iran.

TotalEnergies Just Hit a Record. Europe’s Defense Rally Faded by Lunch.

US Mortgage Rates Hit Three-Year Low at 6.01% — but Fed Minutes Reveal Deep Policy Rift

The Fertilizer Nobody Is Watching Is About to Hit European Food Prices Hard

Europe Just Used a Third of Its Emergency Oil Reserves. There Is No Second Shot.

The Islamabad Talks Failed. Here Is What That Actually Means for the Economy.