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A Ukrainian guard at a checkpoint on the border with Russia. There could be a financial toll, as well as a heavy human one, if the Kremlin launches an invasion.
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It’s hard to imagine two men more dissimilar than Russian dictator Vladimir Putin and Fed chief Jerome Powell. But, as the U.S. headed into its three-day holiday weekend, the unlikely duo shared one important trait: the power to immediately affect U.S. markets—Putin…
