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Leading US funds manager BlackRock foresees authorities being forced to inflate the US out of debt and out of an increasingly likely dip back into recession.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with JP Morgan on base metal prices, Macquarie on zinc and Deutsche offering its Oz steel preferences.

This week’s GDP data suggest the Oz consumer is back on a spending spree, but Westpac economists believe there will be no return to boom times from the past.

Nufarm has advised the market debt levels will be higher than previously expected but brokers have taken the news in stride and upgraded the stock on valuation grounds.

Dennis Gartman doesn’t think we are at the beginning of a sustainable share market rally.

If ETF investors were a central bank, they’d now be number six on the list of world gold reserves, as analysts continue to lift their price targets.

A glance through the latest expert views and predictions about commodities with recent coal contract price outcomes seen as solid and reasons why oil and stainless steel prices will head higher.

A snapshot of economist responses to today’s second quarter GDP result.

Both PMI surveys for China showed moderate improvements in August.

India has reported soaring 8.8% GDP growth but a breakdown of the numbers tells a less inspiring tale.