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UBS Morning audio comment: Idle speculation

27 May 2026, 07:16 UTC
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In the absence of proper economic information (and thus valuable economic analysis), markets have only idle speculation to drive them. https://secure.ubs.com/campaign/r/?id=t60298bae,14859b15,28e42bef&ca

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