Crude rose as investors weighed mounting pressure on Russia’s oil industry against the outlook for a global glut. Brent crude traded near $68 a barrel, gaining for a third day but still within the narrow band it’s traded in since early August. Ukraine attacked another Russian refinery overnight as Western nations consider fresh sanctions in a bid to push President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table. Most Read from Bloomberg Ukrainian military forces have intensified drone strikes on Russian energy ...

The direction of the Fed next year. You already see record futures wagers in the market, with a lot of investors betting that the next Fed chair will be dovish. But given where we are right now, given the concerns about inflation, especially on the heels of all of this geopolitical tension, do you think that because the president wants lower rates, that the central bank can deliver them.Because I think the big question is, is the president going to appoint a shadow Fed chair. Right. There's a lot of talk th ...