Just a quarter of economists in a new survey think there’ll be a recession this year

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🗓️ 12 February 2024

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Two Texas oil producers announce plans to merge; the Senate moves toward a final vote on aid for Ukraine, Israel and other countries; a Dutch court rules the government can’t export F-35 fighter jet parts to Israel.

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0:00.0	Just a quarter of economists in a new survey think there'll be a recession this year.
0:05.0	I'm Nancy Marshall Genser with the Marketplace Minute.
0:08.0	More than half the economists in the latest poll from the National Association for Business Economics say we won't have a recession
0:14.7	until next year or later.
0:17.0	Two Texas oil producers announced plans to merge today.
0:20.5	The deal between Diamondback Energy and Endeavor Energy Resources is valued at about $26 billion.
0:27.0	According to Reuters, the new company would be the third biggest oil and gas producer in the Permian
0:31.7	Basin, which straddles Texas and New Mexico.
0:35.0	The Senate is back in session today after voting yesterday to move forward on a package of
0:39.8	aid for Israel, Ukraine, and other countries. There could be a final Senate vote on the bill this week.
0:45.7	Its fate in the House is unclear.
0:48.2	And an appeals court in the Netherlands today said the Dutch government can't export F-35 fighter jet gear to Israel.
0:55.0	There's a regional warehouse of F-35 parts in the Netherlands.
0:59.0	It's one of several in Europe.
1:00.0	I'm Nancy Marshall Genser with the Marketplace Minute.

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