Culled—Proshare August 6, 2020 by FBNQuest Research Development Finance Institutions (DFIs) do not get the best press. When the markets are in good shape, they tend to be taken for granted and their efforts are reported in the shadow of hedge funds and Wall Street investment banks. When those markets […]

August 4, 2020/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week –    U.S. oil production fell by 1.99 mb/d in May, the largest monthly decrease since at least January 1980, according to EIA data. The decrease was twice as large as the previous record of 1.03 mb/d set back in September 2008 during […]

August 4, 2020/IMFBlog By Martin Kaufman and Daniel Leigh The world entered the COVID-19 pandemic with persistent, pre-existing external imbalances. The crisis has caused a sharp reduction in trade and significant movements in exchange rates but limited reduction in global current account deficits and surpluses. The outlook remains highly uncertain […]