Who owns France’s debt and why it matters
President Emmanuel Macron’s shock snap election has rocked France’s bond market, the largest in the euro zone, as a strong…
China has an incentive to keep road to Europe open
China and the European Union have agreed to start talks on the bloc’s plan to impose additional import tariffs on…
EU banking watchdog calls out lenders for inflating capital buffers
Banks in the European Union could be inflating the value of the high-risk debt used to plug gaps in capital…
Are you better off today? A question for voters as Biden, Trump debate
Perhaps the most famous one-liner in a presidential debate, Ronald Reagan’s “Are you better off than you were four years…
Black Sea CPC Blend oil daily loadings seen flat m/m in July
Black Sea CPC Blend oil exports via the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC) pipeline system are set at about 5.4 million…
Israel approves extra gas exports, Leviathan field to be expanded
The partners in Israel’s Leviathan gas field said they planned to invest up to $500 million to expand its capacity…
Sempra signs non-binding deal to supply LNG to Aramco from planned Texas project
U.S. energy firm Sempra has signed a non-binding supply agreement with Saudi Aramco for 5 million tonnes per annum of…
HMM digitizes bills of lading with software provider CargoX
Progress on the industry’s goal of fully moving to electronic bills of lading by 2030 has been slow, but more…
The ups and downs of global productivity
Labor productivity over the past 25 years has been a success story for some, a tale of stagnation for others.…
Economic conditions outlook, June 2024
Executives’ views on the world economy remain more positive than negative, though they believe a recession is increasingly likely. In…