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Fed’s Yellen says forces holding down rates may be long-lasting

  Bloomberg Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen seems to be coming around to what her one-time rival, Lawrence Summers, has been arguing for a while: Some of the forces holding down interest rates may be long-lasting and secular. That’s reflected in a marked downgrade in rate projections released by policy makers after their meeting on Wednesday. Six of 17 now ...

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OPEC turmoil could turn IEA’s balanced market into shortfall

  Bloomberg The world’s most prominent oil forecaster, the International Energy Agency, anticipates near-equilibrium between supply and demand in global crude markets next year. If OPEC members can’t resolve some massive output disruptions, that will turn into a significant shortfall. World oil production in 2017 will very nearly match consumption, ending several years of oversupply, the Paris-based IEA forecast on ...

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Temer offers spending cap in effort to fix Brazil’s budget

  Bloomberg Brazil’s Acting President Michel Temer proposed to legislators spending caps that are designed to shrink a near-record budget deficit and restore investor confidence in Latin America’s largest economy. The proposal would amend the constitution, essentially freezing current government expenditures in inflation-adjusted terms through 2036, though there would be the possibility of adjustments after the first 10 years, according ...

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