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Oil resumes rally with prices doubling over last five days

Bloomberg Oil’s rally resumed — after prices doubled over five days — amid optimism that output cuts are easing a huge supply glut and demand losses have bottomed. Futures in New York rose above $25 a barrel after earlier breaking above their 50-day moving average for the first time since January. Russian oil production was down 16% in the first …

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China mulls dropping GDP growth target for this year

Bloomberg China’s leaders are considering the option of not setting a numerical target for economic growth this year given the uncertainty caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. What may instead be unveiled at upcoming National People’s Congress later this month is a description of goal for gross domestic product growth, one of the people said. Last year target was a …

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Nigeria stares into the abyss of a life without crude cash

Bloomberg Africa’s most populous nation is getting almost nothing from its massive oil wealth. While headline Brent-crude futures have rallied sharply in the past few weeks — rising above $30 a barrel — a glut of Nigerian oil is fetching about $10 less than that. It’s a level that means fiscal revenue for the continent’s biggest economy has cratered. “It’s …

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