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Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Jefferson: Regarding labor supply, immigration policy has slowed overall labor growth.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Jefferson: The labor market is slowing down as the overall economic environment becomes more uncertain.

Google has filed a notice to appeal the Justice Department’s search ruling.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Jefferson: The current policy stance puts us in a good position to determine the magnitude and timing of adjustments to the policy rate.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Jefferson: I do not want to predict the January interest rate decision in advance.

Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Jefferson: The Fed’s rate cuts since 2024 have brought policy rates into a range consistent with neutral.

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has obtained the agreement of both Russia and Ukraine to implement a partial ceasefire.

Sources say Shell and Mitsubishi are exploring a potential sale of their stakes in Canadian liquefied natural gas (LNG) projects. Mitsubishi has hired RBC Capital Markets to study a possible sale of its shares later this year. Sources also say Shell recently sold up to 75% of its stake in Canadian LNG projects to a buyer.

U.S. Department of Energy: The Trump administration is not currently considering using Venezuelan oil to replenish the strategic petroleum reserve.

The European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) stated that the presence and potential use of a wide variety of weapons and air defense systems in the region pose an extremely high risk to civilian flights operating at all altitudes.

The Central Bank of Peru said it bought $195 million in the spot market.

January 17th - As of 2:30 PM closing, the Shanghai Gold futures main contract closed down 0.13% at 1032 yuan/gram, the Shanghai Silver futures main contract closed down 2.53% at 21998 yuan/kilogram, and the SC crude oil futures main contract closed up 1.48% at 446 yuan/barrel.

Ukrainian President Zelensky: Russia will launch a new large-scale strike due to insufficient air defense weapon supply.

OpenAI plans to begin testing a free version of its advertising and ChatGPT Go in the US soon.

Fitch: The global oil market will remain oversupplied in 2026.

Fitch: Global oil supply glut can offset production uncertainty in Iran and Venezuela.

The total number of natural gas drilling rigs in the United States for the week ending January 16 was 122, compared to 124 in the previous week.