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Resilient Chinese economy supports prices

Industrial metals prices have profited in the last month from relatively upbeat economic data out of China as well as the Fed’s decision not to raise interest rates just yet. We expect China’s economy to continue to benefit from earlier policy stimulus over the remainder of this year, but a lack of additional stimulus suggests that growth in metals demand could falter in 2017.

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