The prices of key industrial commodities, notably oil, have been relatively calm in the last few days, helped by the holidays that closed China’s equity markets. Nonetheless, the robust US employment report left investors feeling nervous that the Fed will press ahead with its first interest rate hike soon, if not necessarily in September, then certainly by the end of the year.
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