Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are resilient this morning, Monday August 14, in spite of a raft of weaker-than-expected Chinese macro data releases. Aluminium (-0.4%) and tin (-0.4%) are down the most while lead (+0.5%) performs the best. SEE MORE The U.S. economic expansion will last at least another two years, according to a majority of economists polled by Reuters who also forecast growth will not accelerate the way the Trump administration has predicted. SEE MORE World oil demand will grow more than expected this year, helping to ease a global glut despite rising production from North America and weak OPEC compliance with output cuts, the International Energy Agency said on Friday. SEE MORE Management over the fertiliser market must be enhanced to tackle fake, low-quality products which cause estimated losses of about US$2.5 billion each year for a country with more than 70 per cent of its population working in the farming sector, experts said at an online conference on Wednesday. SEE MORE Base metals traded on the London Metal Exchange are under slight downward pressure in spite of some dollar weakness and solid global risk appetite. The only exception is aluminium, up about 1%, reflecting positive micro dynamics. SEE MORE