And pimco says the worst of the price collapse could be over. Merkels moment to is the german chancellor about to win a Nobel Peace Prize . A warm welcome to the pulse, live from london. Im manus cranny. First up, minutes from the latest fed meeting show that the policymakers delayed the worsfit hike last month because of concerns about china. There was plenty of reaction from financial leaders of the imf and world bank. We will hear those voices in just a moment. But first, oil is about 50 a barrel, headed for its biggest weekly gain since august, coming as pimco calls the worst of the collapse and Commodity Prices is over. Bring in mark barton for some context. Mark have i got some stats for world the all country indexes rising for an eighth consecutive day, the longest winning stretch since february minutes from the september meeting are pushing out expectations for when the u. S. Central bank will hike interest rates. The msci in that eightday period has risen 5 , the biggest gain
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