Markets & Industries
US oil producers report beginning of the shale industry's decline - 09/25/2025
Oil and gas firms in Texas, northern Louisiana, and southern New Mexico are experiencing decreased business activity, increasing expenses, and, on average, anticipate higher oil prices. A study by the Dallas Federal Reserve Bank, which surveyed 93 exploration and production firms and 46 oilfield service contractors in mid-September, indicates that some anticipate the onset of the shale industry’s...
Citi analysts forecast decline in Brent crude prices to $62 per barrel in 2026 - 09/22/2025
Citi Research analysts predict that Brent crude oil prices will decline to around $60 per barrel by the conclusion of 2025 due to an oversupply in the market. The baseline projection anticipates that Brent crude prices will average $62 per barrel from the second to the fourth quarter of the upcoming year. Analysts expect that the oil market will face a surplus of around 1.1 million barrels per...
American companies to invest over $200 billion in the UK economy - 09/18/2025
The Prime Minister's Office announced on Thursday that American firms will make a historic investment of £150 billion ($204 billion) in the UK during US President Donald Trump's state visit to London. The primary investments will originate from Blackstone ($122.6 billion in the next ten years), Prologis ($5.34 billion), Palantir (approximately $2 billion in defense innovation), STAX ($52 million...
China bans companies from purchasing AI chips - 09/17/2025
The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) has prohibited major tech firms from acquiring Nvidia Corp. chips intended for artificial intelligence, according to the Financial Times, which referenced three sources aware of the situation. Sources indicate that the regulator this week instructed companies, such as ByteDance and Alibaba, to cease testing and reject orders for the RTX Pro 6000D...
ECB raises eurozone inflation forecast for 2025-2026 - 09/12/2025
The European Central Bank announced following its September meeting that consumer prices in the eurozone will rise by 2.1% in 2025 and by 1.7% in 2026. Three months prior, the regulator estimated the first number at 2%, the second at 1.6%. In 2027, inflation is anticipated to be 1.9%, whereas it was earlier estimated at 2%. The ECB increased its projection for eurozone GDP growth this year to...
Deutsche Bank, Barclays improve forecasts for the S&P 500 index - 09/11/2025
Analysts at Deutsche Bank and Barclays have raised their predictions for the U.S. stock index S&P 500. Deutsche Bank currently anticipates it will hit 7,000 points by year-end, up from its earlier expectation of 6,550 points. The S&P 500 ended Tuesday's trading session at 6,512.61 points. Consequently, the updated projection indicates an increase of 7.5%. Deutsche Bank analysts increased...
Fitch raises copper price forecast to 2028, revises other metals - 09/11/2025
Fitch Ratings has updated its short- and medium-term price forecasts for iron ore, coal, base metals, and precious metals, which are utilized to project the operational and financial results of firms in the sector. Copper price expectations have been increased for 2028 and for the medium term, indicating strong consumption growth and extremely low metal inventories. The agency’s analysts...
Nasdaq tightens listing rules, including for Chinese companies - 09/09/2025
The Nasdaq exchange operator has implemented new listing regulations for firms on the platform, strengthening the criteria for the minimum free float metric and establishing a faster process for delisting inactive shares. The operator's press release states that the adjustments stemmed from an assessment of trading behavior, which included instances of intentional manipulation aimed at increasing...
FAO forecasts record global grain harvest in 2025/26 crop year - 09/08/2025
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has increased its prediction for the worldwide grain yield in the 2025/26 crop year (July-June) to a historic 2,961 million tonnes. According to the FAO review, this is 35.6 million tonnes higher than the projection in July and 3.5% greater than the previous season. The expected rise is attributed to better outlooks for the coarse...
European Tech Sovereignty: Europe Enters the Era of Exascale with the Inauguration of the Jupiter Supercomputer - 09/07/2025
Europe has taken a giant leap in technological development and supercomputing sovereignty with the launch of its first exascale computer in Germany. JUPITER, built using American chips but set to develop further with the integration of European microprocessors in 2026, is capable of performing over one quintillion (10¹⁸) operations per second, immediately cementing its place as Europe’s most...
