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Aug 2022
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Soft business surveys put the brakes on ...

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Dollar cools off after gloomy surveys highlight Fed’s dilemma. Stock markets keep grinding lower as risk buyers go on strike. Oil spikes higher on OPEC reports, gold attempts recovery.


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