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Shale drillers may be digging own hole as oil flirts with $40

Bloomberg US shale is coming perilously close to puncturing its own rally. Just months after predicting double-digit production increases, largely based on crude prices sitting between $55 and $60 a barrel, drillers are suddenly contemplating the possibility of retrenchment as a stubborn global supply glut is keeping prices near $46. It’s a reversal that could accomplish what OPEC and other ...

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China defaults feared as firms confront short debt addiction

Bloomberg China’s leverage crackdown is forcing local companies to confront their addiction to short-term bond sales that they use to roll over debt. The shock therapy is worsening the outlook for corporate defaults in the second half of this year after borrowing costs jumped to a two-year high. With yields surging, Chinese non-banking firms sold 131 billion yuan ($19.3 billion) ...

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India’s wholesale prices hit 2017 low on falling food prices

Bloomberg India’s wholesale price inflation slowed in May from a year earlier on the back of falling food costs, indicating subdued price pressures in the pipeline and adding to expectations that the central bank may lower interest rates in coming months. Wholesale price index rises 2.17 percent in May from a year earlier, compared with a median estimate of 2.9 ...

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