Europe’s energy crunch shows little sign of easing.
The buildup of Russian troops on the border of Ukraine, through which Russian gas flows to the West, also has added to concerns about whether gas will run out.
“There is a risk of supply shortages that could erode economic growth and trigger public discord,” said Henning Gloystein, a director for energy and climate at Eurasia Group, a political risk firm, adding that blackouts are possible in a worst-case scenario.
Ms. Donfried said that the United States was working closely with the new German government to strengthen Europe’s energy security.
In Britain, for instance, steady power was trading on Tuesday for about 340 pounds, about $450, per megawatt-hour, a wholesale metric, on the Epex Spot exchange.
The high gas prices of recent months will eventually lead to rises in energy costs for households in Britain and other countries.
Mr. Zuckerberg changed his company name and direction, and he pushed Meta to be more aggressive in responding to controversies, including a trove of leaked internal documents that outlined how much the company knew about harmful effects of its products.
The pandemic stock leaders: If 2022 turns out to be a return to normal, the C.E.O.s of the companies that saw the biggest boost from the pandemic might be the ones trying to figure out how to stay afloat.
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Scaringe of Rivian: After nearly 10 years in stealth mode and holding one of the biggest I.P.O.s of this year, Scaringe’s automaker is under pressure to deliver on its promise of doing for electric trucks what Tesla did for electric cars.
In October, she said the company aimed to roughly double its annual revenue by 2030, to about $280 billion, growth driven mostly by new electric trucks and cars, but also by new revenue streams from software and services.
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“She starts ruffling in her pockets, and in her purse,” Ms. Daly said in an interview with The New York Times’s Jeanna Smialek.
The moment hit especially hard for Ms. Daly, who is president of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
As recently as mid-November, she had argued that the Fed should be patient in removing its support, avoiding an overreaction to inflation that might prove temporary and risk unnecessarily slowing the recovery of the labor market.
Ms. Daly, who spoke to The New York Times in two interviews in November and December, has shifted her tone particularly dramatically in recent weeks.