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In the short term, humanity still needs oil and gas, otherwise civilization will collapse. Especially now, when restrictive measures against Russia have been introduced, we need oil and gas to support the existence of civilization, ”the billionaire specified.
The US Federal Reserve raised the key rate by 0.75 percentage points. up to 3-3.25%, according to the website of the regulator. This is the third consecutive rate increase with such a step.
The decision was quite expected, earlier about raising the rate by 75 bp. analysts reported.
What's more, the futures market had a nearly 85 percent chance of a 75-point uptrend.
The current account deficit of the US balance of payments in the second quarter decreased by $31.5 billion (by 11.1%) and amounted to $251.1 billion, according to a report by the country's Ministry of Commerce.
In the 1st quarter, according to the revised data, the deficit was $282.5 billion, and not $291.4 billion, as previously announced. Despite the downward revision, this figure remained a record for the period of the calculations.
In August 2022, compared with June, producer prices for industrial goods, according to preliminary data, decreased by 1% after falling by 2.2% in July, falling by 4.1% in June, according to the Federal State Statistics Service (Rosstat). Since the beginning of the year, prices have risen by 1.3%. In annual terms, prices increased by 3.8%.