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Some of the world's smallest economies, especially in Africa, could be at increased risk of being unable to pay their debts in the medium term, even as developing nations have emerged from a series of sovereign defaults, financial adviser Lazard said. Investors do not expect more sovereign defaults in 2025, but credit metrics for smaller and riskier countries, known as frontier markets, point to a structural weakening, especially for governments in Africa, Thomas Lambert, of Lazard's sovereign advisory team, said. Markets expect it to be steady until June as Donald Trump's second administration has left the policy backdrop extremely uncertain.

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During the disorienting flurry of Trump's executive orders, Fed Chair Powell issued an edict of his own. He's defending the borders of his job's mandate.

Shell said on Thursday it expects its proved oil and gas reserve replacement ratio for last year to be 85%. The reserve replacement ratio (RRR) measures how much oil and gas a company adds to its reserves compared with what it produces. A ratio of 100% or more means the company is replacing its reserves at the same rate or faster than it depletes them.

Fed policy decisions directly impact your wallet, including the interest rates on your credit cards. We’ll tell you how.

The federal funds rate and mortgage interest rates are often expected to move together, but they haven’t lately. Here’s why.