Tag: prices-fell
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WTO cuts 2016 world trade growth forecast to 1.7 percent, cites wake-up call
The World Trade Organization cut its forecast for global trade growth this year by more than a third on Tuesday, reflecting a slowdown in China and falling levels of imports into the United States. The new figure of 1.7 percent, down from the WTO's previous estimate of 2.8 percent in April, marked the first time…
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Wall Street weighed down by energy stocks
Oil prices fell more than 5 percent on concerns of oversupply after news that Iraq's output reached a record last month. Wall Street is coming off its first week of gains in the year, with the three major indexes posting solid increases on Friday. During the poor start for the year for U.S. stocks, their…