the UAE has officially become a peaceful nuclear energy operating nation.

Saudi Arabia's oil sector declined by 3.6 percent in 2019 dragging overall GDP growth to 0.3 percent

Expected Austria's GDP to increase around 1¼ percent this year, mainly supported again by domestic demand.

the Federal Open Market Committee decided today to lower the target range for the federal funds rate by 1/2 percentage point, to 1 to 1‑1/4 percent.

Brent was at $51.91 a barrel, up $2.24 or 4.5%, WTI hit a 14-month low of $43.32, before recovering to $46.65, up $1.89, or 4.2%.

"I want to emphasize, for the Russian budget, for our economy, current oil prices are acceptable. Let me remind you that this year, as part of our macroeconomic policy, we took a Brent crude price of $42.40/b as the base level," Putin said during a meeting on the impact of the coronavirus on the global economy and the oil market with government ministers and representative of oil and gas companies.

Despite heavy lobbying by Saudi Arabia, the 23-country coalition of OPEC and non-OPEC producers has yet to agree on any plans to rein in crude oil production further.

Russian oil output stood at 11.29 million barrels per day (bpd) in February,

The preliminary level for dry natural gas production in December 2019 was 2,977 billion cubic feet (Bcf), or 96.0 Bcf/d. This level was 7.3 Bcf/d (8.2%) higher than the December 2018 level of 88.7 Bcf/d.

In 2019, U.S. annual wind generation exceeded hydroelectric generation for the first time, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).