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Commodities
07 Feb
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UK economy to grow faster than expected, NIESR predicts

Britain's economy will expand faster than forecast in 2017 and 2018 due to unexpectedly strong global growth, a closely followed thinktank has predicted.

06 Feb
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Commodities: DoE forecasts record US oil output in 2018

Commodities came under moderate selling pressure on Tuesday, even as most analysts appeared to be sanguine that the recent stockmarket rout would globally eventually wind down.

06 Feb
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BIS head says crypto-currency craze is a hybrid of a 'bubble' and a 'Ponzi scheme'

Agustin Carstens, the Bank for International Settlements' new boss, referred to the crypto-currency craze as a mixture of "a bubble, a Ponzi scheme and an environmental disaster," as he warned students at a German university that the likes of Bitcoin and Ripple threatened to undermine public trust in central banks.

06 Feb
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US open: Stocks trading on either side of unchanged

Stocks on Wall Street are mixed, having recovered from another round of heavy losses at the opening bell, following a massive sell-off during the previous session, amid a spike in volatility and concern in some corners of the market regarding the likely pace of interest rate hikes by the Fed.

06 Feb
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US job openings decline in December

A widely-followed indicator of US labour market strength weakened in December, although economists were sanguine, cautioning clients not to read too much into one month's worth of data.

06 Feb
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Credit Suisse sees scope for higher than average dividend yields at Randgold

Analysts at Credit Suisse stuck by their 'neutral' recommendation on shares of Randgold Resources but expressed surprise at management's decision the day before regarding the size of its dividend payout and what that said about their willingness to return any excess capital to shareholders.

06 Feb
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US trade deficit jumps in December

America's shortfall in trade with the rest of the world widened at the end of 2017 as imports continued to run ahead of exports, boosted by strong domestic demand.

06 Feb
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Impact from short equity volatility set to fade, BofA says

A bubble might have popped on Monday, a bubble in equity volatility that is, according to analysts at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.

06 Feb
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Unicef asks gamers to mine Ethereum in fundraising plan for Syrian children

UNICEF (United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund) has created a new charity project to aid Syrian children, asking PC gamers to mine Ethereum for the organization and donate the earnings.

06 Feb
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German factory orders surge in December

Factory orders in Germany soared past forecasts at the end of 2017, amid a surge in demand for capital goods from euro area clients.

06 Feb
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BP profit surges in fourth quarter to beat forecasts

BP's profit surged to $2. 1bn (£1. 5bn) in the fourth quarter from $400m a year earlier as the oil company gained from rising production.