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Prospects for US politics to end-2019

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PROSPECTS H2 2019

Prospects for US politics to end-2019.

Tough South Africa budget may keep downgrade at bay

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SOUTH AFRICA

The budget framework presented on February 20 provided a record 69-billion-rand (5-billion-dollar) rescue package for ailing power utility Eskom over three years. Despite measures…

Oil is rebalancing but US shale will cap prices

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INTERNATIONAL

Oil price outlook.

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…

US climate rules will overcome Congress's opposition

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UNITED STATES

President Barack Obama has directed several departments and agencies, most notably the EPA, to issue directives and regulations that would impose progressively lower ceilings on…

South Africa’s Ramaphosa will tout reform impetus

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SOUTH AFRICA

A week previously, new Finance Minister Tito Mboweni’s Medium-Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) showed a worrying deterioration in deficit and debt ratios. However, President…

Price cap on gas will divide EU member states

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EU

Although member states agree in principle on the need to overhaul gas markets and strengthen resilience, the EU is divided between German- and French-led blocs on the price cap…

Saudi oil policy will hold firm to market-led approach

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SAUDI ARABIA

The decision came three days after Saudi Arabia confirmed during an OPEC meeting that it intends to persist in allowing oil prices to be determined by supply and demand, rather…

Power shortage will mean prolonged disruption in China

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CHINA

Coal production and imports have fallen and prices have soared as the government implemented policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Now it is having to reverse course.

Rwandan renewable energy model may be hard to export

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RWANDA

Rwanda's energy expansion model.