OPINION/EDITORIAL

Further tilt to the downside in WEO script

October 14, 2022/Coronation Research The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) has left its global forecast for 2022 unchanged at 3.2% y/y and has trimmed its projection for next year from 2.9% y/y to 2.7% y/y. The outlook projects contractions for one-third of the global economy in the near-term. We […]

How Countries Should Respond to the Strong Dollar

Image Credit: IMFBlog October 14, 2022/IMFBlog Gita Gopinath, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas Exchange rates The dollar is at its highest level since 2000, having appreciated 22 percent against the yen, 13 percent against the Euro and 6 percent against emerging market currencies since the start of this year. Such a sharp strengthening […]

Uncertainty Builds As Oil Markets Digest Mixed Signals

October 14, 2022/OilPrice.com Tom Kool Editor, Oilprice.com It’s been a week of mixed signals for oil markets, with a huge crude inventory build being partially offset by a diesel draw, and supply tightness battling with worrying inflation data and projections of demand destruction. Friday, October 14th, 2022  There were plenty […]