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Opec production falls as cartel moves to prolong output cuts

Bloomberg The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries’ (Opec’s) output fell for a seventh consecutive month as the group signalled it would keep supplies restrained at least until the end of the year. Crude production in June dropped to 30 million barrels a day as US sanctions further curtailed Iranian shipments and Saudi Arabia chose to pare back its output. The …

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Fed unleashes higher payouts for banks

Bloomberg Titans of the US banking industry said they will pump out more cash to shareholders after all 18 lenders passed the Federal Reserve’s annual stress tests. The results were a particular win for Deutsche Bank AG after it repeatedly failed past exams. A dozen of the nation’s largest lenders said they will boost payouts through dividends and stock buybacks …

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RBI spells out concerns over India’s spreading shadow banking crisis

Bloomberg India’s financial regulator has spelled out its concerns about the implications of the country’s spreading shadow banking crisis, saying any failure among the largest of the non-bank finance firms could cause losses comparable to a collapse among the major banks. In its latest Financial Stability Report released, the Reserve Bank of India said the potential losses in the event …

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