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What topics are related to the document above? | The Bundesbank intervened in the Tokyoforeign exchange market to buy a small amount of dollarsagainst marks through the Bank of Japan, dealers said. The West German central bank bought dollars when the dollarwas at about 1.7770-80 marks. Dealers' estimates of theintervention amount varied from 100 mln to one billion... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Unfavorable late winter weatherconditions in the main wheat growing areas of Yugoslaviaindicate dimmed prospects for the emerging winter wheat crop,the U.S. embassy's agricultural officer in Belgrade said. The officer, who travelled through an area from Belgrade toSubotica, said in a field report dated March 27 the ... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Bank of England said it provided themoney market with a further 195 mln stg assistance during theafternoon. This brings total help today to 841 mln stg compared with aliquidity shortage it has estimated at a revised one billionstg. The Bank bought 176 mln stg of band two bank bills outrightat 10-5/16 pct and ... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Commodity Credit Corporation(CCC) switched five mln dlrs in credit guarantees to Ecuador toprovide for more sales of U.S. vegetable oil, the U.S.Agriculture Department said. The credit guarantees were previously earmarked for salesof U.S. cotton, feedgrains and wheat. The action reduces the guarantee lines pr... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | High labour costs and slower corporateinvestment could hinder Sweden's economic growth after 1987,the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development,OECD, said. The Swedish economy grew at a slower rate in 1986 than inprevious years. GDP rose about 1.7 pct in 1986 compared with2.2 pct in 1985. But this growth... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Bank of Spain raised overnight callmoney rates by 1/4 to 14 pct on demand for 746 billion pesetasin today's auction, which a bank spokesman termed "heavy." Rates stood at 12.1 pct at the start of the year and havebeen increased to drain liquidity on rising demands for funds,the spokesman said. He said in repl... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Swiss Finance Ministry is invitingtenders for a new series of three-month money marketcertificates to raise about 150 mln Swiss francs, the SwissNational Bank said. Bids would be due on March 10 and payment on March 12. The last issue of three-month paper conducted on February12 yielded 2.969 pct. | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | U.S. trade representative ClaytonYeutter said Canada's finding announced today that U.S. cornimports injure Canadian farmers is "totally unjustified." "U.S. corn exports to Canada are so small that it isinconceivable that they injure Canadian corn farmers by anyreasonable measure," Yeutter said in a statement. He... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Swiss Federal Government's new seriesof six-month money market certificates raised 177.5 mln Swissfrancs at an issue price of 98.401 pct to give an averageannual yield of 3.286 pct, the National Bank said. Payment date is March 5. The last series of six-month paper issued in January raised159.6 mln francs at ... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Bank of England said it provided themoney market with a further 168 mln stg of assistance to helpoffset a shortage it now estimated at 1.05 billion stg, reviseddown from 1.10 billion. It bought 21 mln stg of bank bills outright, 20 mln in bandone at 10-3/8 pct and one mln in band two at 10-5/16 pct. Inaddition, ... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The U.S. Senate AgricultureCommittee approved a bill that would establish farm trade andaid missions to promote the use of U.S. food aid, donation,credit and export subsidy programs by overseas customers. The bill, approved by voice vote, would establish trademissions made up of representatives of the Departments of... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Higher oil prices and stronger thanexpected U.S. employment growth led to sharp losses in U.S.interest rate futures and diminished what had been a positivechart outlook, financial analysts said. The increase of 319,000 in non-farm payroll employmentduring February was above market expectations for a rise of170,000 t... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Switzerland's economy, combining lowunemployment, financial stability and a large external paymentssurplus, is in excellent condition and faces a satisfactoryfuture, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation andDevelopment, OECD, said. This reflected the success of stable and relatively tightfiscal and monetary poli... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The 350 mln Ecu three-year package ofsocial and structural measures agreed early today by EuropeanCommunity farm ministers features a plan to compensate farmersfor reducing output of certain surplus products, EC Commissionsources said. The ministers agreed that under this "extensification"scheme, farmers would quali... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Bank of England said it gave themoney market another 31 mln stg in assistance in the morningsession. This brings the Bank's total help today to 759 mln stg andcompares with its estimate of a 1.05 billion stg money marketshortage which it earlier revised up from 950 mln stg. The central bank bought 31 mln stg ... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Palm Oil Registration andLicensing Authority (PORLA) reports trade in crude palm oil(cpo) on April 2 as follows in ringgit per tonne deliveredunless stated. April 752.50 south and central 751 north average 752.50down 6.50. May 750 south down 11. Refined palm oil traded in bulk US dlrs per tonne fob. RBDpalm o... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Taiwan said its foreign reserves sufferedabout 3.4 billion U.S. Dlrs in exchange rate losses from July1986 to February 1987 as a result of the rise of the Taiwandollar against the U.S. Currency. Yu Chien-ming, head of the government statisticsdepartment, told parliament yesterday he expected the losses toincrease as... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Commodity Credit Corporation,CCC, has accepted a bid for an export bonus to cover a sale of6,000 tonnes of semolina to Egypt, the U.S. AgricultureDepartment said. The department said the semolina is for shipmentApril-October, 1987, and the bonus awarded was 224.87 dlrs pertonne. The bonus was made to Internat... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The European Community Commission hasdecided to abolish a special tax of eight Ecus per tonneimposed on exports of Spanish maize, Commission sources said. They said the tax, which applies to Spanish sales to EC andnon-EC countries alike, would no longer be required on exportsfrom Spanish ports south of Valencia. ... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | An Iowa State University study showedpork contains considerably less fat than indicated bylong-established U.S. Department of Agriculture statistics, theNational Pork Producers Council (NPPC) said. Six of the seven muscle cuts evaluated in the studyaveraged 4.3 pct fat or less, well below American HeartAssociation g... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Federal Reserve is expected toenter the U.S. Government securities market to add temporaryreserves indirectly via 1.5 billion dlrs or more of customerrepurchase agreements, economists said. They said the below-six pct Federal funds rate suggests theFed does not have a large reserve adding need. However, somedeal... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Newly-installed Philippine CoconutAuthority Chairman Jose Romero has announced the appointment oflawyer Leandro Garcia as administrator, replacing Colonel FelixDuenas who is returning to military duty. The new constitution does not allow military men to holdpositions in civilian agencies. Duenas and four other mi... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | China's wheat imports in January were218,000 tonnes, down from 393,000 in January 1986, the ChinaDaily Business Weekly said, quoting customs figures. It said imports of sugar were 25,165 tonnes, down from54,000, but exports of rice rose to 71,144 tonnes from 20,000.It gave no more details. | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | France's National Statistics Institute(INSEE) said French 1986 Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by1.9 pct, after Finance Minister Edouard Balladur reported a1986 rise of just two pct in February. France's balance of payments surplus in goods and servicesrose to 53 billion francs in 1986 against 28 billion in 1985. ... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Senate Agriculture committee votedto limit changes in county loan rate differentials startingwith the 1988 crop as part of a budget deficit reductionpackage. The panel also approved measures that could trigger largercorn and wheat acreage reduction requirements, increasefarmer-held reserve storage payments, redu... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | <Consolidated TVX Mining Corp> said itagreed to issue 7.8 mln treasury shares to acquire interests inthree gold mining companies in Brazil and an option to increasethe company's interest in a platinum property. The company said the transactions will bring immediateproduction and earnings to Consolidated TVX, enhance... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Members of local 174 of the United Foodand Commercial Workers (UFCW) union, representing 1,900 meatcutters in New York city, yesterday rejected the latestmanagement offer on a new contract. "Members rejected the latest offer by a 2 to 1 margin," BobWilson, executive officer of local 174 said. But workers havebeen as... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Hamilton Oil Corp said reserves at theend of 1986 were 59.8 mln barrels of oil and 905.5 billioncubic feet of natural gas, or 211 mln barrels equivalent, up 10mln equivalent barrels from a year before. | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Today's liberalised financial markets aremaking it extremely difficult for Japan's monetary authoritiesto prevent the yen's rise against the dollar, but they haveseveral options other than normal intervention, Bank of Japansources said. A senior central bank official said that such methods ascontrolling foreign exch... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | President Reagan said he would discussthe Mideast Gulf situation with allied leaders at next week'sVenice economic summit and hinted he would seek their help inpreserving free navigation. In a speech prepared for delivery as the United States madeplans to protect 11 Kuwaiti oil tankers from Iranian attack,Reagan sai... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Kelley Oil and Gas Partners Ltd said ithas agreed to purchase all of CF Industries Inc's oil andnatural gas properties for about 5,500,000 dlrs, effective July1. It said the Louisiana properties had proven reserves atyear-end of 11 billion cubic feet of natural gas and 85,000barrels of oil, condensate and natural ga... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The State Department says many U.S.diplomatic missions overseas are on high alert for possibleretaliation from Iran for Monday's attack on two Iranian oilplatforms by American forces in the Gulf. At the same time, the Pentagon announced on Tuesday thatU.S. forces have begun escorting another Kuwaiti tanker convoysou... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Bally Manufacturing Corp's proposedpublic offering of 24 pct of its Health and Tennis Corp unit isseen as the first step towards the sale of the entire unit,analysts said. "In the longer-term horizon, Bally wants to concentrate onits gaming businesses," said analyst Dennis Forst of SeidlerAmdec Securities Inc. La... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Spot volume in the Australian foreignexchange market jumped to a record 22.63 billion dlrs a day inJanuary from 16.18 billion in December and 8.27 billion a yearearlier, the Reserve Bank said in its monthly bulletin. The previous record was 17.51 billion dlrs last August. The peak broke a steady trading trend of ... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Pacific Resources Inc said it hasinstalled a CALM (Catenary Anchor Leg Mooring) single-pointmooring terminal off the southwest coast of Oahu at itsHawaiian Independent Refinery at a cost of 3.5 mln dlrs. The system transfers crude and fuel oils from tankers tothe refinery's tank farm and carries refined products to ... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Thai traders plan to establish a companyto regulate maize forward trading, in what could be a firststep towards a commodities futures exchange, maize dealerssaid. Traders and Internal Trade Department officials agreed lastweek to commission a study on a structure to regulate maizeforward trading and to set up a comp... | [
"grain"
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What topics are related to the document above? | Swift Independent Packing Co said itagreed in principle to sell its Huron, South Dakota, pork plantto Huron Dressed Beef, for undisclosed terms. Completion of the proposed transaction is subject toHuron's ability to hire an experienced work force atcompetitive rates, and receive government approval of thepurchase an... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Tokyo's foreign exchange market is watchingnervously to see if the U.S. Dollar will drop below thesignificant 140.00 yen level, dealers said. "The 140 yen level is key for the dollar because it isconsidered to be the lower end of the reference range. If thecurrency breaks through this level, it may decline sharply,"... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | AMAX Incx said it has identifiedadditional gold and silver ore reserves at its AMAX SleeperMine near Winnemucca, Nev.. It said as a result of recent drilling, reserves at thhemine are now estimated at 2,470,000 short tons of ore grading0.24 ounce of gold and 0.50 ounce of silver per ton that istreatable by conventio... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Cominco Ltd has nocontract negotiations scheduled this week with any of the fivestriking locals at the Trail smelter and Kimberley lead-zincmine, union spokesmen said. However, leaders of the negotiating teams are trying to setup an informal meeting to discuss the stalemate, said JohnOwens, spokesman for United Stee... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | West Germany takes "very seriously" therecent undertaking by major industrial countries to promoteexchange rate stability around current levels, Finance MinistryState Secretary Hans Tietmeyer said. Talking to journalists before a meeting of EuropeanCommunity Economy and Finance Ministers here, Tietmeyerdeclined to s... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Japanese crushers bought 8,000 tonnesof Canadian rapeseed in export business overnight for Aprilshipment, trade sources said. | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Bank of France said it has invitedoffers of first category paper today for a money marketintervention tender. Money market operators were divided over whether the Bankof France will use to occasion to cut its intervention rate,which has stood at 7-3/4 pct since March 9. Some thought a price cut unlikely while... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | South Korea's current account surplusnarrowed to 419 mln dlrs in February from 679 mln in Januarycompared with a deficit of 112 mln dlrs in February last year,provisional Bank of Korea figures show. The current account in the two months of January andFebruary swung to a surplus of 1.1 billion dlrs from a deficitof 4... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Manitoba Agriculture Departmentweekly crop report said no measurable precipitation wasreported across the province in the past week, allowing smallgrain seedings to progress rapidly across the south, with fieldpreparation under way in the northern growing regions. Small grains should be seeded across the Provinc... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Grain analysts surveyed by the AmericanSoybean Association, ASA, projected acreage this year at 59.1mln acres of soybeans and 64.7 mln acres of corn. In 1986, farmers planted 61.5 mln acres of soybeans and76.7 mln acres of corn, according to the February 9 USDAsupply/demand report. The USDA is to release its 1987 pl... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Iran attacked the Saudi Arabiansupertanker Arabian Sea off the United Arab Emirates last nightbut the vessel was able to proceed after the incident, LloydsShipping Intelligence reported. The 315,695-dwt Arabian Sea had set sail on Tuesday afterloading oil at the Saudi port of Ras Tannurah. Lloyds said theattack occu... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Bank of Spain governor Mariano Rubio saidthe central bank was worried that money supply was growing toofast, reflecting excessive internal demand in the Spanisheconomy, but added that he was confident recent measures wouldsucceed in restricting money growth. In testimony to the economic commission of Congress, Rubio... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Thyssen AG <THYH.F> expects a fall ofbetween 15 and 20 pct in consolidated turnover in 1986/87,chief executive Dieter Spethmann said. He told journalists the exact decline would depend ondollar developments. The Thyssen group did over 50 pct of itsbusiness outside West Germany. Spethmann made no comment on 1986/8... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | U.S. officials said they held outlittle hope the European Community, EC, would withdraw acontroversial meat inspection requirement, due to go intoeffect April 30 and which U.S. meat producers claim will cutoff their exports. But the officials said they expect the EC to allow U.S.plants to continue shipping meat thro... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Corning Glass Works' subsidiaryCorning International Corp said it agreed to transfer 55 pct ofits capital stock of an Argentine glass manufacturer to aEuropean group. It said it will transfer the capital stock of Rigolleau,S.A., to the group controlled by Camillo Gancia, an Argentineindustrialist. The company sai... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Far Eastern sugar market is being hitby a tightening in available nearby freight space needed tomove raw sugar to various destinations, notably from Thailand,traders said. This has resulted in a hardening of freight rates in thoseareas. These are now being quoted between 12.5 and 17.5 dlrs atonne per day, depend... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Chicago Mercantile Exchange floortraders and commission house representatives are guesstimatingtoday's hog slaughter at about 295,000 to 308,000 head versus305,000 week ago and 308,000 a year ago. Cattle slaughter is guesstimated at about 128,000 to132,000 head versus 130,000 week ago and 126,000 a year ago. | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Bank of England said it forecast ashortage of around 800 mln stg in the money market today. Among the main factors affecting liquidity, bills maturingin official hands and the take-up of treasury bills will drainsome 1.61 billion stg. Partly offsetting this outflow, exchequer transactions anda fall in note ci... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Japanese short-term interest rates,buoyed recently by seasonal factors, are likely to fall fromthe beginning of April when the new financial year begins,money traders said. The Bank of Japan is expected to encourage the trendfollowing its attempts to pressure rates to enhance itsdiscount rate cut on February 23, the... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The United Nations Food and AgricultureOrganization, FAO, said it approved emergency food aid worthmore than 14.3 mln dlrs for drought victims in Ethiopia. The aid will include 30,000 tonnes of wheat and 1,200tonnes of vegetable oil for farmers in the Wollo and Illubaborregions. FAO said it has also approved more... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The release of U.K. February trade datashowing that the current account surplus was a provisional 376mln stg, up from a 73 mln surplus in January, has boosted hopesof an early cut in interest rates, analysts said. Market forecasts had been for a worse outcome, withexpectations of a deficit in visible trade averaging... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Standard Oil Co said a contract hasbeen awarded to <CBS Engineering Inc> for a drilling andproduction platform to be installed in Ewing Bank Block 826 inthe Gulf of Mexico where Standard and Mobil Corp each own a 40pct interest. Standard said its Standard Oil Production Co subsidiarywill operate the platform which i... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Commodity Credit Corporation(CCC) accepted a bid for an export bonus to cover the sale of30,000 long tons of barley to Israel, the U.S. AgricultureDepartment said. The department said the barley is for delivery April 15/May15 and the bonus awarded was 41.24 dlrs per ton. The bonus was made to Cargill, Inc and... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | U.S. Agriculture SecretaryRichard Lyng will ask the Japanese Government to remove allbeef import restrictions when he visits there next month. Lyng's remarks came in a speech at Oklahoma StateUniversity today. "We think Japanese consumers should have the same freedomof choice as our consumers. Look at all the Jap... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | U.S. economic data this week could bethe key in determining whether U.S. interest rate futures breakout of a 3-1/2 month trading range, financial analysts said. Although market expectations are for February U.S. retailsales Thursday and industrial production Friday to show healthygains, figures within or slightly be... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Philippines Trade andIndustry Secretary Jose Concepcion told world trade ministershe wondered if their agreement was of any real value after theEuropean Community (EC) imposed a levy on vegetable oils. Concepcion, speaking at an informal meeting of the GeneralAgreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) here, said minister... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Speculation abroad that theBundesbank will steer money market rates lower, opening thefor interest rate cuts around Europe, is not shared by manyeconomists and money market dealers within Germany. Speculation has developed that the Bundesbank wouldengineer lower rates to take pressure off the dollar/mark. A stron... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Call money rates fell to 3.85/95 pctfrom five pct yesterday in moderate trading as month endtightness disappeared and operators took positions for April. Dealers said they expected rates to remain within a 3.70 tofour pct range this month. A minor tax payment period on behalfof customers mid-month, the long Easter w... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | Chicago Mercantile Exchange floortraders and commission house representatives are guesstimatingtoday's hog slaughter at about 290,000 to 310,000 head versus309,000 week ago and 328,000 a year ago. Cattle slaughter is guesstimated at about 128,000 to131,000 head versus 129,000 week ago and 127,000 a year ago. | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The 24 nations of the Organisation forEconomic Cooperation and Development (OECD), hampered bysluggish industrial output and trade, face slower economicgrowth, and their joint balance of payments will swing intodeficit in 1987, the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU ) said. The EIU said in its World Trade Forecast it ... | [
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What topics are related to the document above? | The Bank of Japan intervened to stemstrong yen rises against the dollar during London trading thismorning, dealers said. The Bank of Japan here declined comment. The Bank of England was also rumored to be buying dollarsagainst the yen this morning but it also declined comment. Dealers said the intervention hal... | [
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] | [
"nickel",
"corn-oil",
"ringgit",
"cotton"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Dutch economic growth is slowing as afirming guilder cuts competitiveness abroad and industriesreduce the pace of investment, the Dutch official planningagency CPB said. The Centraal Planbureau, publishing its 1987 economicoutlook, said Dutch Net National Income (NNI) was expected togrow by one pct this year, down f... | [
"gnp"
] | [
"cottonseed"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | The Canadian Import Tribunal ruled todaysubsidized U.S. corn imports were injurious to Canadian growersand upheld a countervailing duty of 84.9 U.S. cts a bushel setearlier this year. The ruling is the result of trade action launched in 1985by the Ontario Corn Producers Association that contended U.S.subsidies were ... | [
"grain"
] | [
"barley",
"dlr",
"ringgit",
"potato"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Honeywell Inc said its total debtrose by more than 85 pct in 1986, mainly due to its 1.02billion dlr acquisition of the Sperry Aerospace Group. At yearend, according to the company's 1986 annual report,Honeywell's total debt stood at 1.44 billion dlrs, comparedwith 776.6 mln dlrs in 1985. Honeywell said that if i... | [
"acq"
] | [
"linseed",
"tin",
"ship",
"sun-oil"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Economic growth will remain sluggish inthe Netherlands and Belgium next year and unemployment mayrise, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Developmentforecast. Belgium's GDP growth may slow down to 1.5 pct this year andnext year, bringing a rise in the number of jobless, the OECDsaid in its semi-annual sur... | [
"cpi"
] | [
"f-cattle",
"tea",
"rapeseed"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Lured by the weakening dollar and theconviction that oil prices are poised for a rebound, Europeanenergy companies are buying up cheap U.S. oil and gas reservesto replenish their supplies, oil industry analysts said. They said owning oil reserves in a politically stableUnited States is good insurance against future ... | [
"crude"
] | [
"hog",
"ship",
"corn",
"cornglutenfeed"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Prospects for world economic growth remainvery sluggish, and coordinated action by western governments isurgently needed to restore business confidence, stabilizecurrencies and encourage investment, the Organization forEconomic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said here. "The economic situation has deteriorated in... | [
"cpi"
] | [
"bfr",
"livestock",
"pet-chem"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | USX Corp said proved reserves of oiland natural gas liquids fell 28 pct to 802.8 mln barrels at theend of 1986 from 1.12 billion barrels at year-end 1985. The figures, in USX's just-released 1986 annual report,indicate much of the drop resulted from the exclusion of 293.7mln barrels of Libyan reserves, after the U.S... | [
"iron-steel"
] | [
"soy-oil",
"bop",
"gnp"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | The U.S. Agriculture Department haslowered its ASCS terminal prices for low protein hard redwinter and hard red spring wheat at a number of locations, asenior USDA official said. USDA reduced the price of hard red winter wheat at KansasCity and Texas by six cents, at Minneapolis and Duluth by 32cents and at St Louis... | [
"grain"
] | [
"plywood",
"stg",
"pork-belly",
"potato"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Norway's central bank sold crowns in theopen market in a bid to ease strong upward pressure on thecurrency, which threatens to rise above set levels in a basketof currencies, dealers said. The central bank declined comment, but dealers noted thebank had also intervened and sold small amounts of crowns onFriday. The ... | [
"money-fx"
] | [
"earn",
"heat",
"soy-meal",
"soybean"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Indonesia rejected World Bankrecommendations for sweeping reforms to its farm economy, asthe country's foreign aid donors met to consider giving it 2.5billion dlrs in grants and soft loans. Agriculture Minister Achmad Affandi, in written remarksdistributed today as Indonesia's 14 foreign donor nations metat The Hagu... | [
"sugar"
] | [
"coconut-oil",
"copra-cake",
"can"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Cash in circulation in West Germanyrose by 2.8 billion marks in the last week of February to 121.5billion, a gain of 8.3 pct over the same month last year, theBundesbank said. Cash in circulation is one of two components of the WestGerman money supply which the German central bank is targetingto grow between three a... | [
"money-supply"
] | [
"castor-oil",
"grain",
"cotton",
"coffee"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Any European Community decision toliberalise farm trade policy would hurt Thailand's tapiocaindustry, said Ammar Siamwalla, an agro-economist at theThailand Development Research Institute (TDRI). He told a weekend trade seminar here that any EC move tocut tariff protection for EC grains would make many crops morecom... | [
"tapioca"
] | [
"plywood",
"austdlr",
"l-cattle",
"gnp"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | The Senate this week might take upproposed legislation that could serve as a lightning rod toexpose broad initiatives to change U.S. farm policy. The Senate could consider a House-passed bill that wouldallow wheat and feedgrains farmers to receive at least 92 pctof their income support payments if flooding last year... | [
"grain"
] | [
"rape-meal",
"inventories"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Saudi Arabia bought 5,000 tonnes ofrefined bleached deodorised palm olein at its import tenderyesterday for April 16/25 shipment at 353 dlrs per tonne costand freight Jeddah, traders said. | [
"veg-oil"
] | [
"money-fx",
"heat",
"ship",
"inventories"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Ninety-six pct of Alberta andnortheastern British Columbia crops have been seeded, about aweek ahead of the 10 year average, according to the Albertawheat pool report. Hard red spring wheat accounts for most acreage with 6.0mln estimated for this year, little changed from last year.Oats acreage of 1.95 mln is unchan... | [
"grain"
] | [
"corn",
"gnp"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | World grain trade could be turningthe corner and heading toward recovery in the 1986-87 season, aCargill, Inc. analyst said. Writing in the March issue of the Cargill Bulletin, DavidRogers of Cargill's Commodity Marketing Division cited agradual rise in world wheat trade in recent months, with a slowrise in wheat pr... | [
"grain"
] | [
"sorghum",
"dlr",
"groundnut-oil",
"l-cattle"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Malaysia is to urge fellow tinproducing countries to contribute more money towards researchinto new uses for the metal, Malaysian primary industriesminister Lim Keng Yaik told Reuters in an interview. Lim, in Brussels on a tour of Europe and America, said hehad instructed Malaysia's representatives on the executivec... | [
"tin"
] | [
"lei",
"rice"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | After a highly favorable reception ofa trial batch of bread baked from 300 lbs of U.S. wheat flourlast February, the Senegalese appear ready to take delivery ofa first tranche of 10,500 tonnes of mixed U.S. wheat, the U.S.Agriculture Department said. In its report on U.S. Export Markets for U.S. Grain, thedepartment... | [
"grain"
] | [
"housing",
"sugar",
"yen",
"palm-oil"
] |
What topics are related to the document above? | The Agriculture Ministry declined commenton a local newspaper report that Japan had agreed to hold talkson its closed rice market in the new GATT round. "We have no idea about the report and cannot comment," aspokesman told Reuters. Nihon Keizai Shinbun, quoting unnamed government sources,said Japan would tell U.... | [
"rice",
"grain"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | The Mexican Secretariat of Commercehas told the U.S. that recent implementation of a 10 pct advalorem tariff for fixed vegetable oils, fluid or solid, crude,refined or purified, was not targeted at sunflower oil, theU.S. Agriculture Department said. In its World Production and Trade Report, the departmentsaid the in... | [
"corn-oil",
"sun-oil",
"rape-oil",
"veg-oil"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Philippines Trade andIndustry Secretary Jose Concepcion told world trade ministershe wondered if their agreement was of any real value after theEuropean Community (EC) imposed a levy on vegetable oils. Concepcion, speaking at an informal meeting of the GeneralAgreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) here, said minister... | [
"veg-oil",
"trade"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | A majority of the Senate AgricultureCommittee urged President Reagan to reverse his opposition toexport subsidies to the Soviet Union as a way to get itsnegotiators to purchase some 500 mln dlrs in American wheat. The group, led by committee chairman Patrick Leahy, aVermont Democrat, urged Reagan to step up negotiat... | [
"wheat",
"grain"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | The Bundesbank is unlikely to changecredit policies when its central bank council meets on Thursdayfor its last session before the Venice summit, bankingeconomists and money market dealers said. The Bundesbank steered money market rates lower last monthby cutting the rate on its security repurchase pacts, and isunli... | [
"money-fx",
"interest"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Italy is to modify restrictions limitingthe amount of lira cash that can be brought in and out of thecountry, the Foreign Trade Ministry said. A statement said Foreign Trade Minister Rino Formica hassigned a measure lifting currency regulations that currentlyimpose a 400,000 lire limit on the value of lira bank note... | [
"lit",
"money-fx"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | The agreement between the U.S. And theEuropean Community (EC) on special imports of maize and sorghumprovides an equal chance for all non-EC countries to supply theSpanish market, an EC Commission spokeswoman said. She denied that any unpublished clause of the agreementguaranteed the bulk of the maize export busines... | [
"corn",
"grain",
"sorghum"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | The United Food and Commercial Workersunion, Local 222 said its members voted Sunday to strike theIowa Beef Processors Inc Dakota City, Neb., plant, effectiveTuesday. The company said it submitted its latest offer to the unionat the same time announcing that on Tuesday it would end alockout that started December 14.... | [
"livestock",
"carcass"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Borden Inc said it is acquiring <PrinceCo Inc> and three companies producing grocery products for 180mln dlrs. Borden said the four companies are expected to have 1987sales totaling 230 mln dlrs. It said Prince, a Lowell, Mass., producer of pasta andItalian food sauces, is expected to account for 210 mln dlrs oft... | [
"pet-chem",
"acq"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Australia's current account deficit forFebruary is expected to narrow to a range of between 700 mlnand one billion dlrs, from the unrevised January level of 1.29billion, market economists polled by Reuters said. Statistics Bureau February figures are out tomorrow. The economists said a key element in the narrowin... | [
"trade",
"bop"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Kuwait, a major oil producer hit by lastyear's price slump, is leaning towards a more creative monetarypolicy to help spur its economy, banking sources said. "There is a clear emphasis on encouraging the use of moneyin productive ventures, rather than having it all tied up ininterest bearing investments which have n... | [
"money-fx",
"interest",
"gnp"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | The premiers of Canada'seastern provinces and the governors of America's New Englandstates urged development of Canada's offshore oil and gasfields and construction of a pipeline from Nova Scotia to NewEngland. Newfoundland premier Brian Peckford, speaking to the annualconference of New England and eastern Canadian ... | [
"nat-gas",
"crude"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | U.S. Trade Representative ClaytonYeutter said that whether the exchange rate of the dollar wouldfall or rise in the coming decade would depend on nations'financial, monetary and tax policies. But, he said, in a speech and remarks to the HeritageFoundation, that in the end "the marketplace will ultimatelyrule the day... | [
"dlr",
"money-fx"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | Chicago Mercantile Exchange floortraders and commission house representatives are guesstimatingtoday's hog slaughter at about 295,000 to 305,000 head versus307,000 week ago and 311,000 a year ago. Cattle slaughter is guesstimated at about 124,000 to128,000 head versus 127,000 week ago and 126,000 a year ago. | [
"livestock",
"hog"
] | [] |
What topics are related to the document above? | A Treasury Department spokesmanrefused comment on statements by Robert Ortner, undersecretaryof economic affairs for the Commerce Department, that theJapanese yen was undervalued. Ortner, senior economist at the Commerce Department, toldan Export-Import Bank conference "the yen is still a little bitundervalued," and... | [
"yen",
"money-fx"
] | [] |
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