OPINION/EDITORIAL

Oil Tanks On Fears Of U.S., Mexico Trade War

May 31, 2019/OilPrice.com Oil prices continued to plunge on Friday morning after U.S. President Trump announced new tariffs against Mexico, forcing its southern neighbor to take harsher measures against illegal immigration. Friday, May 31st, 2019 Oil prices are on track for their largest monthly decline in six months. The Trump […]

Keynes, the IMF, and the Future

May 30, 2019/IMFBlog By Gita Bhatt If Lord Keynes, who helped usher in the post–World War II economic order at the Bretton Woods conference, visited the IMF today, he would be astonished at the institution’s evolution. He would find a modern IMF able to help countries with new tools for analyzing […]

Déjà Vu: Oil Prices Stuck Once Again

May 28, 2019/OilPrice.com –    U.S. motorists saw average regular gasoline prices at $2.85 per gallon over the Memorial Day weekend, slightly lower than last year’s $2.92/gallon.  –    “EIA expects U.S. regular retail gasoline prices will increase in the coming months and average $2.92/gal during the 2019 summer season,” the agency […]