Japan's Nikkei stock average has roared to 33-year highs, powered by strong earnings and economic revival after the pandemic, with the economy expanding a stronger-than-expected 2.7% in the first quarter. But worries about further price increases and the fate of the globa...
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Meanwhile, China'sdevaluationof its currency suggested that its economy might be weakening as well.7Since China is the world's largest oil importer, that was a huge hit to global demand and caused a negative reaction in crude oil prices. ...