actually the US imports much much more than it exports. low oil price global recession wars. (Missiles prices range from few hundred thousand to million plus USD) all these will actually benefit the DJIA the DJIA will not drop permanently, just fear fluctuations.
the previous MBS, Mortgage Backed Securities induced drop by Lehman Brothers was actually caused by mainland Chinese and Taiwanese and Malaysian Chinese etc etc. They will fly to US, take a loan to buy a house, and then flip it at higher price. Those loans were combined together to form collaterised securities and sold to savings and loans associations. When things go bad, such overseas Chinese could not be traced. I know a lot about this coz someone asked me to fly to US to do this mortgage flipping. I just refused coz it is obviously immoral.
The plunge in crude oil prices is likely to cause the government to lose billions of ringgit in oil revenue that could see the fiscal deficit balloon under current spending plans.
At the price of US$48 per barrel for oil, Malaysia stands to have RM4.5bil shaved off from its oil revenue. And should the prices plummet to the range of US$20 to US$25 per barrel, the additional losses would be to the tune of between RM11.1bil and RM12.6bil.
Brent crude oil was at the range of US$36 per barrel as at press time.
Mabel meow cat, u baru sedar kini kah tentang government Msia rugi kah? Kalau oil price tak naik, government akan naikkan cukai nanti lah.
I harap oil price akan naik tak lama lagi supaya tak ada new taxes dalam apa bentuk sekalipun dikenakan di Msia.
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The plunge in crude oil prices is likely to cause the government to lose billions of ringgit in oil revenue that could see the fiscal deficit balloon under current spending plans.
At the price of US$48 per barrel for oil, Malaysia stands to have RM4.5bil shaved off from its oil revenue. And should the prices plummet to the range of US$20 to US$25 per barrel, the additional losses would be to the tune of between RM11.1bil and RM12.6bil.
Brent crude oil was at the range of US$36 per barrel as at press time.
US AND CANADA cannot sell crude oil which it can only pump at cost of isd 40 when market at 35 will cost the output there to decrease and will stabilize the glut. It not only them but a few more they will only be able to start pumping when oil hits 40 and shale will come back at 50. 1 month need to hold covid vaccine is there global medical fund at 40B for research and production.
6:20 pm: Juventus player tests positive for COVID-19
Italian soccer giants Juventus said defenseman Daniele Rugani tested positive for coronavirus COVID-19 and is asymptomatic, the club confirmed in a statement Wednesday.
The club said it is "activating all the isolation procedures required by law, including the census of those who have had contact with him."
On Monday, Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte announced the stoppage of sporting events across Italy, including play in Serie A, the league in which Juventus competes. The Italian Olympic Committee called for all sporting events to be canceled until April 3. –Eudaily
Saudi Arabia doubles down on threat to flood the oil market By Mark Thompson, CNN Business Updated 4:33 PM EDT, Wed March 11, 2020
London(CNN Business)Oil prices are falling again Wednesday after Saudi Arabia doubled-down on its threat to flood the world with millions more barrels of crude despite the coronavirus shock to global energy demand.
Just a day after confirming that it would jack up production by about 2.5 million barrels per day starting April 1 in a battle for market share with Russia and US producers, state oil company Saudi Aramco said it would increase its "maximum sustainable" capacity by 1 million barrels to 13 million per day. In other words, the Saudis are digging in for a war of attrition.
Why Russia and Vladimir Putin are waging an oil war with America Why Russia and Vladimir Putin are waging an oil war with America "As this does not affect production in the short term, we believe this does not impact short term prices much, but could influence sentiment negatively, which explains the modest price decline today," said Bjoernar Tonhaugen, head of oil markets at Rystad Energy.
Saudi Arabia had signaled its intention to go all-out for market share over the weekend after the acrimonious collapse of an alliance with Russia that had restrained oil supply in recent years, keeping a floor under prices.
Brent crude futures, the global oil benchmark, and US oil fell 4% to $32.98 on Wednesday. Brent prices have fallen by about 28% since Thursday, and 48% since a peak in early January.
OPEC, led by Saudi Arabia, had proposed additional production cuts through the end of 2020 but Russia refused to agree and warned it would produce as it pleases from next month in a bid to recover market share lost to US shale companies in recent years.
The falling out has opened the door to a free-for-all fight for customers just as the oil industry faces its biggest challenge since the global financial crisis. The coronavirus epidemic is destroying demand for fuel as air travel slumps and as efforts to contain the spread of the disease force businesses to close, at least temporarily.
Saudi Arabia told its preferred customers over the weekend that it would cut its official selling prices by $6 to $8 a barrel. Other members of OPEC are now piling in. ADNOC, the UAE's state oil producer, said Wednesday it was ready to supply 4 million barrels per day in April, up from about 3 million at present.
"In addition, we will accelerate our planned five million barrels per day capacity target," it said in a statement. It had been aiming to hit that target by 2030.
Russia shows no sign of blinking in the standoff with its erstwhile OPEC allies, as it sees an opportunity to undercut American energy dominance. The United States has supplanted Russia as the world's biggest oil producer thanks to the recent shale boom.
"Saudi Arabia announced that it had reduced the prices ... announced the increase in oil production. We believe that in these conditions this is probably not the best option," Russian energy minister Alexander Novak told state media on Wednesday. "It would be right to keep the production at the levels achieved in the first quarter."
Two economic scenarios for the impact of coronavirus on the US Two economic scenarios for the impact of coronavirus on the US Now, the energy meltdown threatens to cause a repeat of the 2014-2016 crash that bankrupted dozens of oil and gas companies and caused hundreds of thousands of layoffs.
It could also seriously damage countries such as Iraq, Angola, Nigeria and Algeria at a time of mounting concern about the health of the global economy because of coronavirus.
Fatih Birol, head of the International Energy Agency, told CNN Business on Tuesday that producers should stop playing "Russian roulette" with the oil market because it could have "grave consequences."
"The only thing I would hope, that in the oil markets, common sense will prevail and all the actors behave responsibly as the world is facing major challenges today," he told CNN Business' Richard Quest. "Weak economy and the coronavirus is a problem for all of us. If they don't do it, the citizens of this world will not forget it."
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Saudi Arabia unveils plans to maximize oil output, escalating a price war with Russia