OPINION/EDITORIAL

A Hobbled Recovery Along Entrenched Fault Lines

(PHOTO: JOAQUIN SARMIENTO/ISTOCK BY GETTY IMAGES) October 12, 2021/IMFBlog By Gita Gopinath The global recovery continues amid increasing uncertainty, more complex policy trade-offs. The global recovery continues but momentum has weakened, hobbled by the pandemic. Fueled by the highly transmissible Delta variant, the recorded global COVID-19 death toll has risen close […]

Uncertainty Grips Markets as Optimism Wanes

(PHOTO: RAWPIXEL BY GETTY IMAGES) October 12, 2021/IMFBlog By Tobias Adrian Market sentiment has deteriorated since earlier this year amid still elevated financial vulnerabilities and mounting concerns about risks to inflation. Amid the prolonged and painful pandemic, risks to global financial stability have remained contained—so far. But with economic optimism fading, […]

Is $80 The New Normal For Oil?

October 12, 2021/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week – Private producers with acreage in West Texas and southeast New Mexico are spearheading oil production growth in the US on the back of high oil prices and increased financing access, Bloomberg writes. – According to Rystad forecasts, private companies will make up more […]