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Oil’s surge back above $100 fuels fresh inflation fears at a crucial time for interest rates

Oil prices rose above $100 a barrel on Wednesday for the first time in seven weeks, reviving concerns about global energy supply disruptions and a fresh inflationary shock just as major central banks prepare to make key interest-rate decisions later this month.

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Oil’s surge back above $100 fuels fresh inflation fears at a crucial time for interest rates
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Filed under Business · Global · North America · News. Topics extracted from this report, with other live CurrentWire stories mentioning each: Interest Rates (1), Inflation (6), Energy (7).

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