On Tuesday, the cost of European oil grades fell below $ 72 per barrel in the spot market after a six-month break. The commodity market is adversely affected by reports of a possible curtailment of the OPEC + deal to limit production at the request of Washington. If this happens, oil prices may return to below $ 70 per barrel in conditions of increasing production in the US, experts predict....

The outflow of portfolio investments from emerging markets has accelerated sharply in May to $ 12.3 billion from $ 0.3 billion in April, the Washington Institute of International Finance (IIF) calculated. The funds were flowing out of stocks and bonds in equal shares; this trend mainly affected the Asian countries (minus $ 8 billion) and the countries of Africa and the Middle East (minus $ 4.7...

Despite the accelerating growth, the world economy has been facing the highest level of risk in recent decades, say experts from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), an analytical division of The Economist. Protectionism, territorial disputes, terrorism, the growing number of cybercrimes and even the threat of nuclear war are the incomplete list of the geopolitical, financial and operational...

Economists and central banks are trying to find out why acceleration of large economies is not accompanied by an acceleration of inflation. There are different theories, such as globalization, development of Internet commerce, weaker influence of trade unions, and so on. This is a mystery, former US Federal Reserve Chairman Janet Yellen admitted. The solution may lie in changing the age structure...

Development of electric transport can become a serious threat to oil companies. Therefore, they have already begun to adapt to the coming changes. It follows from the recent report of the International Energy Agency (IEA) that the global number of electric vehicles has reached 3.7 million. So far this is negligible compared to the global fleet of vehicles, which accounts for more than 1 billion...

The situation in global markets is gradually stabilizing, but Italy remains a point of tension. In the near future, the country can face very serious problems. Italy has practically lost support of its banking sector on the part of the regulator. The European Central Bank is gradually reducing the program of quantitative easing, and plans to complete it by the end of the year. This means that...

Economic activity in all 12 regions of the USA continued to grow at the end of April and May. The rates slightly changed compared to previous months. The only exception was the Dallas district, where the growth intensified to solid, according to the Federal Reserve’s review published on Wednesday. The color of the cover is beige, so the paper is called the Beige Book. The problems of foreign...

The euro exchange rate in the world market has updated the eleven-month minimum, having fallen to a level of $ 1.15. The European currency has significantly lost positions against the background of the new political crisis in Italy, which could limit the ECB's ability to tighten monetary and credit policy in the near future. The European currency continues to lose its positions in the world...

JPMorgan has prepared a report, where it states that 32 largest companies that manage large-scale capital account for only 50 percent of the market. Analysts at JPMorgan say that in the next five years the financial market is expected to consolidate, most likely involving Swiss companies. According to the report of JPMorgan, the large capitals management is the most fragmented sector in the...