The economic consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic could push rural families even deeper into poverty and threaten global prosperity and stability June 9, 2020/IFAD By Pedro de Vasconcelos The economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has led to the loss of millions of jobs in the developed and developing world. […]
OPINION/EDITORIAL
Oil back to normal?
June 8, 2020/Coronation Report The confusing thing about oil prices is that, after the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and Russia agreed to production cuts in mid-April, prices continued to fall for a further two weeks. Since late April the price of Brent crude has more than doubled. […]
OPEC+ Extends Deeper Production Cut to July
Culled—Proshare June 8, 2020 by CSL Research During the weekend, OPEC and its allies reached a decision to extend their historic oil-production cut of 9.7mb/d initially scheduled for May and June only to July. It was also resolved that countries such as Nigeria, Kazakhstan and Iraq, which exceeded production quotas […]

