A recent Politico poll shows that respondents in France and Germany want their governments to reduce financial aid to Ukraine. Respondents in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, however, tend to hold the opposite view, supporting conti

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US Treasury auction for the six weeks ending December 16 - winning interest rate allocation percentage: 57.75%, previous value: 32.56%.