Pfizer, EU push back COVID vaccine delivery to help booster campaign

Pfizer, EU push back COVID vaccine delivery to help booster campaign

(Reuters) – COVID-19 vaccine makers are shifting gears and planning for a smaller, more competitive booster shot market after delivering as many doses as fast as they could over the last 18 months. Executives at the biggest COVID vaccine makers including Pfizer Inc and Moderna Inc said they believe most people who wanted to get …

Shale Producers Face $42 Billion In Hedging Losses

Shale Producers Face $42 Billion In Hedging Losses

BloombergNEF: hedging losses are mounting in U.S. shale. Hess Corp found itself spending $325 million in March to exit hedges at a serious loss. Shale giant Pioneer lost $2 billion to exit hedges last year. With earnings season underway, America’s shale producers are expected, almost across the board, to report stellar earnings, but as Bloomberg …

Powell: Would have been better for Fed to have raised interest rates ‘a little sooner’

Powell: Would have been better for Fed to have raised interest rates ‘a little sooner’

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Thursday said he agrees with what many economists are saying — that the U.S. central bank was late to pivot policy and start raising its benchmark interest rate. “I have said, and I will say again that, you know, if you had perfect hindsight, you’d go back and it …

Russia Could Cut Gas Supplies To Finland Tomorrow

Russia Could Cut Gas Supplies To Finland Tomorrow

Hours after Moscow warned there would be retaliation for Helsinki’s announcement that it is applying for NATO membership, Finnish media reports that the Kremlin threatened to cut the country off from Russian gas by Friday.  Citing unnamed sources, Finland’s Iltalehti reported the Russian warning to politicians, who refrained from specific comment. Prior to this warning, …

Sanctions on Russia could lead to monetary crisis – Medvedev

Sanctions on Russia could lead to monetary crisis – Medvedev

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev explained that the possibility of a new monetary crisis is high due to uncertainties in the markets led by sanctions imposed against Moscow, the chairman wrote on his Telegram channel on Friday. Medved also warned of the “full-fledged international food crisis” that could potentially lead to starvation in …

Powell: Hard landing is a possibility… AKA a Depression

Powell: Hard landing is a possibility… AKA a Depression

Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell warned Thursday that getting inflation under control could cause some economic pain but remains his top priority. Powell said he couldn’t promise a so-called soft landing for the economy as the Fed raises interest rates to tamp down price increases running near their fastest pace in more than 40 years. …