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Good morning. The Unhedged team is back on our feet. A little cold is not enough to make us miss Fed day. Today we’ve taken the vital signs of US consumers, and found them to still be in rude health. That is one of several…

Industrial metals have ripped higher since November on bets that China’s reopening will boost demand for raw materials.A group of “base metals” led by tin, zinc and copper have surged more than 20 per cent in three months, further supported by the US Federal Reserve…

Picture the setting: Bill Clinton has been US president for just over a week, jeans are worn baggy and Whitney Houston is topping the charts with I Will Always Love You.The year is 1993 and a big change in financial markets and fund management is…

Wall Street banks including JPMorgan and Goldman Sachs are warning that Washington is heading for the riskiest debt ceiling confrontation since 2011, when the US lost its risk-free credit rating.The fight over the debt ceiling could be the most important issue facing the US economy…

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