Oil Hits Wartime High; Tech Earnings; ECB, BOE Rate Decisions | Bloomberg Brief 4/30/2026
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US equity futures waver and oil fluctuates after hitting a wartime high following a report that President Trump is set to receive a briefing on new military options for action in Iran. Mixed results in tech earnings show Alphabet and Amazon's payoff in AI spending, while Meta lagged behind. Investors await the latest PCE data and rate decisions from the Bank of England and the European Central Ban
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