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Devil in the detail of US-China trade deal

Oil prices yo-yoed last week, as US-Iran warmongering faded almost as quickly as it started. Similarly, the price of gold spiked, but ended the week unchanged. Meanwhile, the market reaction to the slowdown in US non-farm payrolls growth in December was fairly muted as the figures were broadly in line with consensus expectations.

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