Economic & Market Insights 4.3.26

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THE ECONOMY

Energy prices won’t return to prewar levels. Fuel prices will climb more if the war escalates. Higher inflation makes any Federal Reserve interest rate cuts highly unlikely.

FINANCE

The Federal Reserve wants to relax capital requirements for banks. Despite the progress, the crypto industry has pulled support for the bill.

POLITICS

A deal to end a weeks-long partial government shutdown is in the works. Congressional Republicans and President Trump are now in agreement

CONGRESS

A bipartisan push is under way to place guardrails on prediction markets. Odds are good that Congress will approve new rules for prediction markets.

LABOR

The National Labor Relations Board will revert to an older joint employer rule. The rule restores the requirement that the employers have “direct” control over a worker’s terms of employment

ENERGY

Having failed to halt work on five ongoing offshore wind projects in court… The White House is trying to buy out the leases, with some success.

SPACE

Private space firms are racing to keep up with NASA’s new moon plans…

TECH

Even with cutting-edge tech, it’s not easy starting a new consumer app...

TRAVEL

Airport security checkpoint bottlenecks are poised to persist.

IRAN

President Trump finds himself in a tough spot in the conflict with Iran. There’s no easy path to victory, and no easy way out

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