International

  • Apr 3, 2020
  • 2 min read

Any OPEC+ deal is uncertain, as is the price impact

The Brent crude oil price is above 30 dollars per barrel for the first time in weeks on hopes of OPEC+ cutting supply

International
  • Apr 3, 2020
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5G delay is particularly costly for China's Huawei

Public and consumer appetite for 5G technology and devices is falling sharply

International
  • Apr 3, 2020
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World services activity will fall faster than industry

Italy’s services PMI plunged to just 17.4 in March, but China’s edged up to a still-contractionary 43.0

International
  • Apr 3, 2020
  • 1 min read

Ransomware rise calls for stronger cyber resilience

Ransomware attacks have become the fastest-growing category of cybercrime

International
  • Apr 2, 2020
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COVID-19 may set back international climate action

Hopes that the COVID-19 pandemic will improve responses to climate change are likely to be dashed

International
  • Apr 2, 2020
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Effective COVID-19 surveillance will outlive crisis

Democratic and autocratic countries are rolling out new technological tools to contain the spread of infection

International
  • Apr 1, 2020
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COVID-19 puts conflicting demands on emerging markets

International financiers such as the World Bank are revising their policy recommendations to emerging markets

International
  • Apr 1, 2020
  • 2 min read

Services PMIs will fall further than industrial PMIs

The manufacturing PMIs for Asia and Europe fell in March; orders plunged, and supply-chain disruptions are rising

International