#Brent is up 5%DoD. Mixed news about the US temporarily suspending diesel exports. Middle-East supply fears also continue. Meanwhile, the US crude oil inventories rose by 3.0 million bbl. as per EIA.Difficult to form inflation expectations in such volatility.
#Brent#CrudeOil
Qatar’s budget deficit more than doubles to QTR 21.2Bn (€5bn) in second quarter amid LNG disruption. The picture below can answer why? Energy supply routes disruption #Hormuz & #Babelmandeb could wreck havoc for the #GCC economies.
US Treasury Yields touching 5% says a lot about the health of global economy, and investors' trust in the strength of the US economy, particularly the biggest lenders like China. Just saw a post about Chinese holdings of US Treasuries which are now down to its lowest in decades.
With today's #Hormuz meeting in #Oman postponed and Saudi Arabia shutting down the #EastWestPipeline, effectively around 30% or more in #global#energy supplies remain disrupted.
#IMF executive board approves Pakistan's first SBA review along with immediate disbursement of USD 700Mn.
With this Pakistan's external outlook set to improve further. More better days ahead...IA.
#Pakistan#Economy#PSX#Frontiermarkets#IMF
A sombre moment for #Pakistan as #India lands on the moon while we're worried about where the Rupee will land. Congratulations to Indians all over the world. #Chandrayaan3Landing
This is Brazil. A transformation into huge trade surpluses powered by agricultural exports (lhs, orange) that go predominantly to China (rhs, red). There is no other emerging market that's seen a transformation even remotely close to this. Our $/BRL fair value remains 4.50...
It will be an enormous challenge for the Federal Government to deliver relief in the Budget today given that the IMF would be scrutinizing everything. Hoping better sense prevails.
#Budget2024#PakistanEconomy#PSX