December 24, 2020/InvestmentOne Update We are at the final lap of the countdown to Christmas. This means in less than 24 hours, we will be wishing ourselves a very, merry Christmas! However, we are facing really interesting times, with the possible lockdown from the government to mitigate the effects […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Global Policy Responses to Capital Flow Volatility
December 23, 2020/IMFBlog By Annamaria De Crescenzio, Annamaria Kokenyne, Dennis Reinhart, and Julia Schmidt The COVID-19 health and economic crisis has once again focused attention on the fickleness of capital flows and the need to have an adequate policy toolkit to manage the risks that stem from these flows, while […]
Oil Rally Unravels On New COVID-19 Lockdowns
December 22, 2020/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week – Demand for transportation fuels (gasoline, distillates, and jet fuel) was down 11% during the Thanksgiving holiday compared to the holiday week a year earlier. – Jet fuel, however, was down by nearly half, or a decline of about […]

