Updates

Nigeria’s Merchandise Trade Slowed in Q1 2020 on Declines in Both Imports and Exports

June 9, 2020/NBS Key Highlight  Total Trade Total trade declined 17.94% in Q1,2020 compared to the value recorded in Q4,2019 but increased marginally by 0.80% year on year. Imports The value of total imports decreased by 21.08% in Q1, 2020 compared to the value recorded in Q4,2019 but was 13.99% […]

Why Oil Prices Didn’t Rally After The OPEC+ Extension

June 9, 2020/OilPrice.com Chart of the Week –    Canada is the largest source of U.S. energy imports and the second-largest destination for U.S. energy exports. –    Energy imported into the U.S. from Canada accounted for $85 billion of value, or about 27 percent of all Canada-to-U.S. trade.  –    Roughly […]

IOSCO Board Elects Chair and Vice Chairs for the term 2020-2022

June 9, 2020/IOSCO The Board re-elected Ashley Alder, CEO of SFC Hong Kong, as its Chair and Jean-Paul Servais, Chairman of FSMA Belgium, as a Vice Chair. It also elected Heath P. Tarbert, Chairman of the US CFTC, as a new Vice Chair. They join Obaid Al Zaabi, CEO of […]