March 3, 2020/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week –    U.S. oil production averaged 12.23 mb/d in 2019, up 1.24 mb/d (11 percent) from a year earlier. –    But the growth rate in 2019 was down from 17 percent in 2018.  –    The EIA estimates the U.S. will average 13.2 mb/d […]

March 3, 2020/Coronation Report Last week full-year 2019 GDP growth was reported at 2.27% year-on-year (y/y), an acceleration over 1.91% y/y growth for 2018. Q4 2019 grew at 2.55% y/y. On the face of it, these numbers look good.    However, Non-oil growth was 2.06% y/y in 2019, only slightly […]

IMF COUNTRY FOCUS March 3, 2020/IMF Financial technology, or fintech as it has come to be known, gets a lot of attention for its extraordinary potential to change lives and change economies. Fintech can help ordinary people access financial products securely and efficiently, while boosting countries’ economic growth. In Malaysia, […]