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NEW YORK, Dec 2 (Reuters) – BNP Paribas strategists expect the S&P 500 will end next year at 7,500, with the index supported by a solid U.S. economy that will fuel corporate profit growth and keep the labor market from weakening significantly.  A 7,500 finish in the benchmark U.S. index next year would mean about …

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LONDON, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Balyasny Asset Management posted a 2.5% return in November and is up 15.3% this year so far, a source told Reuters on Tuesday. The $31 billion multi-strategy hedge fund had led many of its peers in its over-all performance to October. Citadel’s flagship fund Wellington posted a 1.4% return in …

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MOSCOW, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that a fall in output in some sectors of the economy was not acceptable, and a transition to balanced growth remained a goal for the government and the central bank. Speaking at an annual “Russia Calling” investment event, Putin said economic growth was …

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By Michael S. Derby BOSTON (Reuters) -Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Susan Collins said Friday that a retreat from an integrated global economy could complicate the central bank’s work and push up price pressures. A shift toward “economic fragmentation” could “usher in a transitional period of inflationary pressures,” Collins said in the text of …

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By Gabriel Burin BUENOS AIRES, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Brazil’s economy is predicted to have expanded modestly in the third quarter, weighed down by a seasonal drop in agricultural output, a Reuters poll showed. Gross Domestic Product probably increased 0.2% in the July-September period, according to the median estimate of 23 economists polled between November …

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FRANKFURT, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Inflation in the euro zone is practically at the European Central Bank’s 2% target and will fluctuate around it despite a tariff-induced price rise in the United States, ECB policymaker Joachim Nagel said in an interview published on Tuesday. Inflation in the 20 nations sharing the euro accelerated to 2.2% …

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