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Attention to return to the Fed

The price of oil has taken a hit this week as hopes faded of an OPEC-led agreement between producers to freeze output. However, other industrial commodities performed somewhat better, buoyed by the release on Tuesday of stronger-than-expected Chinese activity and investment data for August. 

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