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Opec provides economic stimulus central bankers can't or won't

Economists are banking on cheaper fuel to spur spending by consumers and companies in 2016

Published Tue, Dec 8, 2015 · 09:50 PM

London

THE world's central bankers just got a helping hand from the world's oil ministers.

As the European Central Bank delivers less monetary stimulus than investors sought and with the Federal Reserve set to tighten next week, the world economy may find support instead from the weakest oil price in more than six years.

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