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Russia expects OPEC to ask non members to consider joining output curb

MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said he expected the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to propose that non-OPEC nations consider joining the group in limiting output. “We are waiting for the proposals

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Fed’s Fischer says job gains solid, expects growth to pick up

Job gains in the United States remain solid and growth should pick up in the second half of the year, Fed Vice Chair Stanley Fischer said on Sunday in remarks that indicate the central bank remains on track for a December rate increase. The United States is “close to full employment,” Fischer said in remarks prepared for delivery to the Group of 30, a panel of current and former central bankers, regulators and academic economists, during the annual meetings of the International Monetary…

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