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US Sanctions On Iran ‘Snap Back’: What Does It Mean?

Culled—Proshare May 18, 2018/Brown Rudnick / Mondo On May 8, 2018, President Trump announced that the United States would cease implementing the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (“JCPOA”), triggering a re-imposition of certain previously suspended sanctions on Iran. Much of the immediate impact of this change in U.S. policy will […]

IMF Executive Board Approves FY2019–FY2021 Medium-Term Budget

May 11, 2018/IMF On April 25, 2018, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the IMF’s administrative and capital budgets for financial year (FY) 2019, beginning May 1, 2018, and took note of indicative budgets for FY2020–21. The net administrative budget for FY2019, which covers all administrative […]

Oil Jumps As Trump Tears Up Iran Deal

May 8, 2018/OilPrice.com –    The EIA expects nearly 32 gigawatts (GW) of new electricity capacity to come online this year, the largest single-year capacity growth in over a decade. –    To date, wind and solar accounted for 98 percent, or 2 GW, of the capacity additions so far. –    But, […]