(Credit: Adobe Stock and IMF) October 3, 2023/IMFBlog By Jorge Alvarez, Mehdi Benatiya Andaloussi, and Martin Stuermer Watch the World Economic Outlook live here. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022 fragmented major commodity markets. Countries have since restricted trade in commodities, with a more than twofold increase in new policy measures relative […]

October 3, 2023/Oilprice.com Tom Kool Editor, Oilprice.com Oil markets lost some of their bullish shine at the start of October, with a strong dollar, worrying economic data out of Europe, and the prospect of another OPEC+ policy change weighing oil prices down. Chart of the Week – Negative price arbitrage […]

Credit: pidjoe/iStock by Getty Images) October 2, 2023/IMFBlog By Era Dabla-Norris, Ruud de Mooij, Raphael Lam, and Christine Richmond As the window of opportunity to contain global warming is closing rapidly, many countries are pursuing policies to reduce emissions. Several rely heavily on spending measures, such as increasing public investment and subsidies for […]