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US shale sector will grow cautiously

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UNITED STATES

With weaker oil prices possible next year, investors see better prospects in technologies and energy sources aligned with the green transition. While US shale output is set to…

Weaker demand will aid gradual oil market rebalancing

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INT

In a tight market, even small supply disruptions acquire heightened significance. Greater uncertainty, partly reflecting the ascendence of political over economic factors in the…

Market turbulence and rising rates weigh on EU banking

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INT

Doubts over three large European banks have driven down the stock prices of German and French banks even though the sector benefits from a comfortable return on equity, rising…

Gulf set for large-scale drawdown of foreign assets

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GULF STATES

Gulf debt and sovereign wealth funds.

Curbing illegal gold mining and trading is challenging

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INTERNATIONAL

Illegal gold mining and trading

The US Treasury market is vulnerable to stress

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INT

The US Treasuries securities market is the world's largest and most liquid financial market, and is relied on by market participants as a basis to price other risks. However, on…

Gas price crash will compound Bolivia’s economic woes

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BOLIVIA

Gas pressures.

Bitcoin is unlikely to trigger a wider market crash

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INTERNATIONAL

The launch last month on two major US futures exchanges of derivative contracts on bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation, will broaden bitcoin’s ownership…

Australia mining exports seek less dependence on China

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AUSTRALIA

In 2020, China’s trade sanctions cost the Australian economy AUD19bn (USD14.5bn), with coal exports hit particularly hard. Iron ore exports have largely escaped sanctions so far…

Funds may bide their time on Saudi equities

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SAUDI ARABIA

The move was in recognition that recent reforms have brought the country's capital markets into conformity with the minimum standards expected by major global investment funds…