Spotify delivered a weak outlook for first-quarter subscriber growth, investors are putting more pressure on the European Central Bank to raise interest rates, and Argentina has been plunged into a fresh crisis after a crucial political figure resigned over the country’s outline debt deal with the International Monetary Fund

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Spotify warns it’s ‘too early’ to calculate impact of Joe Rogan row

Eurozone inflation hits record 5.1% in January

Resignation of Peronist leader triggers crisis over Argentina’s $44.5bn IMF deal

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