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Hawkish FOMC Minutes Show All 19 Fed Officials Supported Rate Hike, "Most" Assess Another Hike "By Year End Is Appropriate" The September FOMC minutes struck a distinctly hawkish tone, as all 19 Fed officials backed a rate hike in September, with many supporting the move to protect against the risk of intensifying inflation pressures. A separate group of officials said higher rates were necessary based on their outlook for the economy, signaling greater concern for elevated inflation, according to minutes of the Sept. 16 FOMC meeting released Wednesday. The Committee unanimously raised...

Oil prices hovered around $90 per barrel: "Seven nations are scheduled to meet Tuesday to discuss a possible joint release of stockpiles to help ease the supply disruption."

"Debug": Google Seeks Federal Approval To Release Millions Of Mosquitoes In California, Florida Authored by Jacob Burg via The Epoch Times, Google is seeking federal approval for a new program called "Debug" that would release up to 32 million mosquitoes in California and Florida to combat disease-carrying mosquitoes already found in the wild. A laboratory technician holds a mosquito at the World Mosquito Program factory in Medellín, Colombia, on June 4, 2024. Scientists have long released biologically modified mosquitoes to curb transmission of diseases such as chikungunya. Jaime Saldarriaga/AFP via Getty Images Pitched...