This chapter examines the recent historic prisoner swap between the US and Russia, questioning its implications for future relations. It also analyzes recent decisions by global central banks and their effects on financial markets.
Investors were not happy with Amazon’s earnings report and Russia agreed to a historic prisoner swap with western countries. Plus, the FT’s Tommy Stubbington discusses how markets might react to a week of important central bank interest rate decisions.
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