Peru Weighs Fiscal Stimulus as Oil Nears US$90 a Barrel
Peru's finance minister, Elmer Cuba, says fiscal policy will have to turn expansionary to offset costlier oil and rising global...
October 8, 2026Topic
oil price
South Africa Fuel Prices Hit Record Highs in October
South African petrol rose R3.33 a litre on 7 October. Inland 95 now costs R30.25 (about US$1.87), a record, and...
September 29, 2026
South African Petrol Price Nears US$1.84 a Litre as Record October Hike Looms
South Africa's petrol price is tracking within 20 cents of R30 a litre for October 2026, with CEF data showing...
September 25, 2026
The Oil Dividend: How a Falling Oil Price Redraws Inflation
A crude price sliding from around one hundred dollars toward seventy is quietly redrawing the world inflation map, easing importers...
July 2, 2026
OPEC’s Oil Cuts Pose Challenge to Central Banks
After multiple delays, the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve seemed finally set to lower interest rates in...
March 29, 2024
Price cap for Russian oil – the USA wants to kill three birds with one stone with regard to India
The finance ministers of the G7 countries — the US, Canada, the UK, France, Germany, Italy, and Japan — approved...
September 7, 2022
Argentine YPF reports swing to profit in fourth-quarter, ending dire year on brighter note
Argentine state-owned oil company YPF on Thursday, March 5th, reported a 2020 fourth quarter net profit that reversed a trend...
March 5, 2021
Hedge Funds Bet on Oil’s ‘big Comeback’ After Pandemic Hobbles Producers
Hedge funds are turning bullish on oil once again, betting the pandemic and investors’ environmental focus has severely damaged companies’...
February 7, 2021
Brazil, OPEC, and a New Oil Market
By Bruno De Nicola, Senior Reporter [caption id="attachment_14836" align="alignleft" width="204" caption="President Lula believes that Brazil shouldn't enter the OPEC, photo...
December 1, 2009