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White House’s Kudlow says banks are ‘ready to go’ in giving small business loans

Top White House economic advisor Larry Kudlow said on Friday that there would be big demand for a small-business loan program but that the banks were prepared for it despite concerns that they would be overwhelmed by the need created by an economic shutdown aimed at slowing the spread of the coronavirus.

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Venezuela's financial crisis exacerbated by oil price war, coronavirus

A price war between world oil producers has slashed Venezuela’s revenue for its top export and exacerbated the country’s financial crisis as it also faces the coronavirus pandemic, U.S. sanctions and sliding crude output. More than 90% of Venezuela’s export revenue comes from oil. Three weeks ago President Nicolas Maduro called crashing oil market a “brutal blow” that dropped the price below the cost of production. …read more […]

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Deep OPEC+ cuts won’t be enough to prevent oil inventory build: IEA head

Deep oil output cuts by OPEC and other producing nations would not be enough to prevent a huge build in global crude inventories in the second quarter as measures to contain the coronavirus lead to “unprecedented” demand loss, the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said.

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Deep OPEC+ cuts won't be enough to prevent oil inventory build – IEA head

Deep oil output cuts by OPEC and other producing nations would not be enough to prevent a huge build in global crude inventories in the second quarter as measures to contain the coronavirus lead to “unprecedented” demand loss, the head of the International Energy Agency, Fatih Birol, said. A production cut of as much as 10 million barrels per day (bpd) that might be discussed by OPEC and other producers next week would still result in a 15 million barrel daily build in the second quarter, Birol told Reuters. The head of the international energy watchdog urged Saudi …read more […]