California’s EV Agenda Will Require Massive And Costly Upgrades, Analysis Finds
California’s electric vehicle (EV) agenda will require costly upgrades to the state’s grid infrastructure if it is to be realized, according to a new study published in the scientific journal Proceedings of…
Big pharma not doing enough to improve drug access – analysis
By Natalie Grover LONDON (Reuters) – Since the pandemic emerged, more top drugmakers have made progress in improving access to medicines in the developing world, but those gains are largely limited to…
The Floodgates Just Opened For A Red Tsunami, Analysis Finds
The Floodgates Just Opened For A Red Tsunami, Analysis Finds Laurel Duggan on October 25, 2022 Republicans could win another 12 to 25 seats in the House of Representatives in a massive…
Analysis: UK’s Hunt faces triple threat from debt, recession and Conservative rebels
By William Schomberg LONDON (Reuters) – Newly confirmed finance minister Jeremy Hunt must keep investors calm about Britain’s debt mountain, avoid causing a deep recession and work out a way to stop…
The West’s Plan To Throttle Russia Could Be Doomed For Failure, Analysis Finds
The West’s Plan To Throttle Russia Could Be Doomed For Failure, Analysis Finds Micaela Burrow on October 21, 2022 Russia may be able to call up enough of its own fleet of…
Analysis – A $1 trillion headache: China’s local fiscal shortfall poses broader growth risks
By Ellen Zhang and Ryan Woo BEIJING (Reuters) – By any account, $1 trillion seems huge. That’s the scale of budget shortfalls facing Chinese provinces, reducing their fiscal firepower to fund infrastructure…
High Oil Prices Exacerbated By OPEC+ Cuts Could Push Global Market Into Recession, Analysis Warns
High Oil Prices Exacerbated By OPEC+ Cuts Could Push Global Market Into Recession, Analysis Warns Jack McEvoy on October 13, 2022 High oil prices that will be pushed up further by…
Analysis – Turbulent UK bond market may force BoE’s hand again
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Harry Robertson LONDON (Reuters) – Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has been unequivocal: the central bank will end emergency support for bonds on Friday. Yet with markets…
The Benefits Of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Will Overwhelmingly Go To Wealthier Americans, Analysis Finds
The Benefits Of Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Will Overwhelmingly Go To Wealthier Americans, Analysis Finds Bronson Winslow on October 3, 2022 President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan will largely help…
Analysis: Asian farmers plant to boost palm oil output, seedling shortage slows pace
By Rajendra Jadhav, Mei Mei Chu and Bernadette Christina MUMBAI/KUALA LUMPUR/JAKARTA (Reuters) – Farmers across Asia are busy planting trees to boost palm oil production but nurseries are struggling to keep up…
Analysis: Scientists look to solve ozone threat to Africa’s food security
By Gloria Dickie ABERGWYNGREGYN, Wales (Reuters) – Plant scientist Felicity Hayes checks on her crops inside one of eight tiny domed greenhouses set against the Welsh hills. The potted pigeon pea and…
Analysis: U.S. and Iran finesse issue of IAEA’s nuclear probes, for now
By Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The United States and Iran have found a way to address the U.N. nuclear watchdog’s investigations of Tehran’s atomic program that allows both to claim victory…
Analysis: Confident Algeria rides gas high
By Lamine Chikhi ALGIERS (Reuters) – Europe’s attempts to wean itself off Russian gas have given Algeria a shot in the arm. Flush with energy revenues after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent…
Analysis: 100 banks, 1,000 suspects: German fraud probe puts Scholz on the spot
By Marta Orosz and Tom Sims FRANKFURT (Reuters) – German chancellor Olaf Scholz faces lawmakers’ questions this week over his role in tackling a multibillion-euro tax fraud as a sprawling probe into…
Analysis: Action wanes at U.N. to isolate Russia almost six months into Ukraine war
By Michelle Nichols and Emma Farge UNITED NATIONS/GENEVA (Reuters) – On a June night under the chandeliers of Russia’s United Nations mission in New York, dozens of U.N. ambassadors from Africa, the…
Analysis: Iranian nuclear deal limbo may serve interests of both U.S. and Iran
By Arshad Mohammed and Parisa Hafezi WASHINGTON/DUBAI – Whether or not Tehran and Washington accept a European Union “final” offer to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, neither is likely to declare…
Analysis: Some investors doubt summer surge in corporate bonds will last
By Davide Barbuscia NEW YORK – A roaring rebound in U.S. corporate bonds is being met with skepticism by some investors, who believe the gains may be short-lived as recession fears dampen…
Analysis: U.S. banks face trillion-dollar reverse repo headache
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK – The trillions of dollars in overnight cash tucked away daily at the Federal Reserve could turn into a major headache for banks that could squeeze their…
Analysis: President’s tough talk masks Mexican concern over energy dispute with U.S
By Dave Graham MEXICO CITY – A potentially costly U.S.-led complaint against Mexico’s energy policy has stirred considerable concern inside the Mexican government in spite of President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s defiant…
Analysis: South Korean inflation raises risk of widening worker unrest
By Joyce Lee SEOUL – For years, a separate class of South Korean shipyard workers – hired through contractors – say they endured wages barely one-third regular workers’, got no paid sick…
Analysis: Potential U.S. recession could feed an already vicious bear market
By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK – The prospect of a U.S. recession could mean more pain for battered stocks, despite a recent rebound that has taken the benchmark index to its highest…
Analysis: Peru’s mining execs ‘lose faith’ in gov’t despite moderate shift
By Marco Aquino LIMA – Peruvian mining executives who oversee some of the world’s largest copper mines are losing whatever slim thread of faith they may have had in left-wing President Pedro…
Analysis: ECB faces Italian debt test as politics intervenes
By Francesco Canepa and Giselda Vagnoni FRANKFURT/ROME – The European Central Bank seems almost certain to face a test of its resolve to rein in excessive bond yields in coming weeks as…
Analysis: Tunisia’s Saied savours near total power but faces looming economic tests
By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS – By ramming through his new constitution, President Kais Saied has cemented his role as master of Tunisia, heralding a new political era after a…
Analysis – Biden, Democrats need moderate Republican Powell to fight inflation
By Trevor Hunnicutt WASHINGTON – Ahead of a crucial midterm election, U.S. President Joe Biden is leaning heavily on one man, moderate Republican and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, to tackle the…
Analysis: China’s mortgage boycott spurs shakeout among strapped developers
By Clare Jim HONG KONG – A revolt by Chinese homebuyers, who have threatened to stop paying mortgages on hundreds of unfinished housing projects, is spurring a shakeout among cash-starved property developers…
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