Oil's Peace Dividend Is Real, But Normalization Is Not A Light Switch

Venezuela's Oil Revival Faces A Critical Services Bottleneck Authored by Rystad Energy via OilPrice.com, Venezuela could increase crude production by about 194,000 bpd by late 2028, with most growth coming from existing producing fields rather than new discoveries. International oil companies led by Chevron are expected to deliver nearly two-thirds of the forecast production increase through brownfield investments. The biggest obstacles are operational, including drilling rigs, diluent supplies, infrastructure upgrades, and a competitive fiscal regime capable of attracting long-term investment. Venezuela's upstream industry has entered a new phase. Following sweeping hydrocarbon reforms and broader...

US Factory Orders Are Surging At Their Fastest Pace In Over 4 Years Following mixed manufacturing survey data, expectations were for a sizable jump in US Factory Orders in September.The actual print was even better than expected, rising 1.9% MoM (+1.8% MoM exp). That was the third consecutive monthly gain and followed a 0.3% increase in August and lifted orders up over 10% YoY...Core Factory Orders were even more dramatic, up 1.3% MoM (almost triple the 0.5% MoM expected).That is the strongest annual growth in core factory orders since July...

What 122 Universal Basic Income Experiments Actually Show Authroed by Vance Ginn via the Daily Economy, Artificial intelligence has become the latest excuse for reviving one of the oldest bad ideas in economic policy: a universal basic income. Recent pieces in Newsweek, the LSE Business Review, and Fortune have all helped push the idea that AI may soon wipe out so many jobs that Washington will need to send everyone a check. Image Credit: Shutterstock That makes for a catchy headline. It also makes for terrible economics. The right question is not whether AI...