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EU energy market reform would carry important risks

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EU

Southern European countries want to impose price ceilings and decouple the electricity market from gas prices. They face strong resistance from northern member states, who instead…

The risk of a wage-price spiral in 2021 remains low

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INTERNATIONAL

The Fed, in common with the ECB and Bank of Japan (BoJ), remains commited to ultra-loose policy this year. All three seem relaxed at the prospect of inflation running above the…

Oil price moves have limited impact on wider inflation

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INTERNATIONAL

In reality, the oil price has less influence on inflationary trends and expectations today than in earlier decades, partly because central banks have greater credibility and…

Petrobras pricing policy will bring doubts in Brazil

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BRAZIL

The new pricing policy replaces the previous import parity price applied since 2016 and may attenuate the impact of international price volatility on the domestic market. The new…

Supreme Court affirms federal role in climate policy

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CANADA

The ruling ends a concerted effort by a group of Conservative premiers to have federal carbon pricing overturned. It is now an established pillar of Canada’s climate change…

Gas prices expose Europe’s energy vulnerability

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EUROPE

The cost of gas-fired generation sets the electricity price in much of Europe today. Falling indigenous production has left Europe reliant on gas imports and exposed it to global…

Asian gas market set for fundamental change

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ASIA

Asian liquefied gas markets.

Qatar can ride out gas price collapse

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QATAR

Qatar gas pricing policy.

German carbon dividend drive will inspire more nations

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INT

With the advent of China's national emissions trading system in the past year, carbon prices now cover more than one-fifth of global greenhouse gas emissions. Yet doubts remain…

Slower housing price growth will reduce 2023 inflation

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UNITED STATES

Homes now sell less quickly than last year, new listings are stalling and new housing starts are slowing from record levels. Price growth is decelerating. For now, though, homes…