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Iraq’s southern oil exports running at 3.3 million bpd, unaffected by clashes

Iraq's exports from its southern region have been running at an average daily rate of 3.297 million barrels per day (bpd) so far this month, higher than December's average and unaffected by tribal clashes, an oil company executive said on Saturday.All the fields are running normally, state-run South Oil Co.'s deputy director general Salah Mahdi told Reuters in an interview in Basra. “The security situation is very good, I don't see any impact on our oil operations,” he …

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Iraq’s southern oil exports running at 3.3 million bpd, unaffected by clashes

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As world markets drop, Fed officials try to shake it off

SOMERSET, N.J./SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – As U.S. stock indexes dropped in volatile trading and oil crashed below $30 a barrel on Friday, Federal Reserve officials stuck to a well-worn script: day-to-day financial market swings do not drive monetary policy. At the same time…

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As world markets drop, Fed officials try to shake it off