Finance

Europe could experience energy shortages before the end of April, the chief executive of Shell has warned. Jet fuel supply has already tightened, and a diesel squeeze could be next, with gasoline supply tightening as well, as the continent nears […]

QatarEnergy has ‌declared force majeure on some of ⁠its long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) supply contracts, including ‌for customers ⁠in Italy, Belgium, South Korea ⁠and China. The move on Tuesday comes amid production and supply disruptions caused by the United States-Israeli war […]

Oil prices dropped more than 13 percent on Monday after US President Donald Trump said he will order the military to postpone any strikes ‌against Iranian ‌power ​plants ‌and energy ⁠infrastructure ​for five ⁠days. Trump’s move followed a threat by […]

Brent crude is seen averaging $85 per barrel this year, and West Texas Intermediate could see an average price of $79, Goldman Sachs commodity analysts said in a note released Sunday. They added that the supply loss from the crisis […]

Saudi Arabia is slashing its crude oil exports to Asia in April, for a second month in a row, as the de facto closed Strait of Hormuz is stranding most of the supply from the world’s top crude exporter. Saudi […]

Countries may tap into America’s booming liquefied natural gas exports as Middle Eastern suppliers shutter. But renewables are a safer bet in the long run. The U.S. is the world’s largest exporter of liquefied natural gas — and the war in the […]

Any prolongation of the Iran war risks creating an unprecedented ⁠crisis in ⁠energy supplies that sooner or later will hit every corner ⁠of the global economy. But it is already clear that some countries are either more exposed to that […]

The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. The unprecedented figure highlights competing administration priorities, from passing a massive tax law and boosting defense spending and immigration […]

South Korean Prime Minister Kim Min-seok met with U.S. President Donald Trump in Washington on Friday, Kim’s office said, after the National Assembly passed a special bill on its commitment to investing $350 billion in the United States. The two […]

China said on Thursday that it would inject 300 billion yuan (US$44 billion) into state-owned banks this year to guard against systemic risks, and boost financing for technology companies amid intensifying US rivalry. The measures were outlined in the annual government […]