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Goldman Sachs lowered its oil-price target to current market levels, signaling that the premium for Iran conflict risk has already been priced in. The bank's move reflects diminishing expectations for a near-term peace deal.
Energy stocks face headwinds if geopolitical risk premiums compress further. Oil-linked currencies and commodity-dependent economies face downside pressure if crude retreats from current levels.
Markets are shifting from pricing in escalation risk to pricing in stalemate, reducing the inflation hedge that energy provided in recent months.
For eight years, the United States has waged economic war on China, slapping big taxes on Chinese products before they enter America
The unexpected decline in retail sales underscored China’s growing reliance on exports to sustain economic growth as domestic demand continues to fa...
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Climate minister Chris Bowen says country must prepare for changing world and can play bigger role in reducing emissionsAustralia will find exporting ...
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China has reported its passenger car exports jumped 73% in May to around 809,000 vehicles
China has doubled down on its months-long restriction on exports of rare earth products to Japan despite reports of the U.S. asking Beijing to lift th...
Canada’s goods-trade surplus with the world widened to the biggest in more than a year as shipments of crude oil and vehicles to the U.S. drove expo...
Commerce Department data showed exports rose 2.6 percent in April to $327.1 billion.
Last week, the Iraqi cabinet approved plans to accelerate crude exports through the Kurdistan-Turkey pipeline network.
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