Column: Electricity access and climate change
Ensuring everyone in developing countries has the same access to modern energy services that residents of the advanced economies take for granted will require an enormous rise in electricity generation.
Market Analysis
Take Five: What's the deal?
U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese officials have agreed to a "phase one" trade deal that includes cutting U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods.
Column: Oil consumption tracking is all about Asia
Oil market analysts must make sense of a bewildering array of statistics about production, consumption and inventories, compiled and published with varying definitions and degrees of accuracy and timeliness.
Daily Briefing: Friday the 13th - lucky for markets
It's Friday the 13th but so far for markets it’s shaping up to be a lucky day. With UK prime minister Boris Johnson’s Conservatives romping home with the biggest election win since 1987, sterling has rallied to mid-2018 highs against the dollar and the highest level since 2016 against the euro, as the prospect of a hung parliament and another Brexit delay vanishes.
Brexit relief for UK economy might not last long
Britain's economy will cast off some of the Brexit uncertainty that has held it back since 2016 after Prime Minister Boris Johnson's election triumph, but the risk remains of another "cliff-edge" showdown with Brussels in a year's time.
'Boneheads' no more? Fed's rate cuts appear to defuse Trump's Twitter rage
After three interest rate cuts and a fresh round of record highs for U.S. stock markets, has President Donald Trump lost interest in the Federal Reserve?
Brazil economic stars align, turning 2020 into 'make or break' year
Conditions for buoyant economic growth in Brazil have rarely, if ever, been better, making 2020 a "make-or-break" year for Latin America's largest and long underachieving economy.
Column: Crop Watch - North Dakota corn still stands, and it is in tough shape
Harvest wrapped for the U.S. Crop Watch corn and soybean fields more than a month ago with just one exception: the corn in North Dakota. And that field is likely to remain untouched for at least a couple more months, if it is harvested at all.
Column: Australia energy market operator turns Scrooge on coal lobby
Australia, which vies with Indonesia for the title of the world's largest coal exporter, is planning for an electricity future where use of the polluting fuel dwindles and is rapidly replaced by renewable energy sources.
Column: China is redrawing the global copper scrap map
China's war on "foreign garbage" continues apace.
Other Reports
- Gold: PRECIOUS-Gold eases as interim U.S.-China deal lifts risk appetite
- Oil Report: GLOBAL MARKETS-Asian shares up as investors cheer 'phase one' Sino-U.S. trade deal
- British Pound Report: UPDATE 3-Investors slash bets on weaker pound after Johnson's thumping election win
- US Dollar Report: FOREX-Major currencies await Sino-U.S. deal details, sterling ticks up
FXpert
Major currencies await Sino-U.S. deal details, sterling ticks up
Currencies made a muted response to the U.S.-China trade deal on Monday, as last week's brief relief that an agreement had been reached was replaced by frustration at a lack of details, and a reluctance to make big bets as Christmas draws near.