OPINION/EDITORIAL

Towards a Comfort Zone for the Oil Price

Culled—Proshare September 7, 2020 by FBNQuest Research  The week in April when traders and shippers had to pay to be rid of their cargoes of WTI crude seems a distant memory, and the price of UK Brent in recent weeks has settled at +/- US$45/b. US storage capacity was said […]

Oil Prices Fall Below $40 On Demand Concerns

September 4, 2020/OilPrice.com Oil prices fell below $40 for the first time since June as demand concerns grow and stock markets crash. Friday, September 4th, 2020 Oil prices hit a rough patch this week, falling back in concert with broader financial markets. The dollar gained strength, which also pushed down […]

What PMIs tell us about economic recoveries in Africa

September 4, 2020/United Capital Report In H1-2020, the economic performance of all the African countries under our coverage deteriorated from that of an expansion to a broad-based contraction/slowdown. This was as the global outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as the associated lockdown measures implemented to curb its spread […]