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2019, June, 21, 09:35:00
U.S. CURRENT-ACCOUNT DEFICIT DOWN TO $130.4 BLN
The U.S. current-account deficit decreased to $130.4 billion (preliminary) in the first quarter of 2019 from $143.9 billion (revised) in the fourth quarter of 2018, according to statistics released by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The deficit was 2.5 percent of current-dollar gross domestic product in the first quarter, down from 2.8 percent in the fourth quarter.
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2019, June, 20, 17:15:00
U.S. FEDERAL FUNDS RATE 2.25 - 2.5%
Consistent with its statutory mandate, the Committee seeks to foster maximum employment and price stability. In support of these goals, the Committee decided to maintain the target range for the federal funds rate at 2-1/4 to 2-1/2 percent.
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2019, June, 18, 17:20:00
U.S. PRODUCTION: OIL + 70 TBD, GAS + 798 MCFD
U.S. EIA - Crude oil production from the major US onshore regions is forecast to increase 70,000 b/d month-over-month in June from 8,450 to 8,520 thousand barrels/day, gas production to increase 798 million cubic feet/day from 80,564 to 81,362 million cubic feet/day .
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2019, June, 18, 17:15:00
U.S. INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION UP 0.4%
Industrial production rose 0.4 percent in May after falling 0.4 percent in April. The indexes for manufacturing and mining gained 0.2 percent and 0.1 percent, respectively, in May; the index for utilities climbed 2.1 percent. At 109.6 percent of its 2012 average, total industrial production was 2.0 percent higher in May than it was a year earlier. Capacity utilization for the industrial sector moved up 0.2 percentage point in May to 78.1 percent, a rate that is 1.7 percentage points below its long-run (1972–2018) average.
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2019, June, 17, 12:10:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 6 TO 969
BHGE - U.S. Rig Count is down 6 rigs from last week to 969, with oil rigs down 1 to 788, gas rigs down 5 to 181, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0. Canada Rig Count is up 4 rigs from last week to 107, with oil rigs up 10 to 69 and gas rigs down 6 to 38.
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2019, June, 13, 16:25:00
SANCTIONS FOR NORD STREAM 2
Nord Stream 2, a 760-mile (1,225-km) pipeline project to ship gas from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany, would double the capacity of the existing Nord Stream pipeline and has divided the European Union.
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2019, June, 13, 16:10:00
U.S.: THE PLACE FOR INVESTMENT
we adopted a number of policies to make the United States a more attractive place to invest, including these:
Reducing the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent, and cutting rates for small businesses.
Moving the United States from a worldwide system of taxation to a territorial system.
And allowing for immediate expensing of capital equipment.
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2019, June, 13, 15:50:00
U.S. SMALL NUCLEAR FOR UKRAINE
Holtec International, Ukraine's Energoatom and the country's State Scientific and Technology Centre (SSTC) have formally entered into a partnership to advance the US company's SMR-160 small modular reactor for deployment in Ukraine.
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2019, June, 11, 09:30:00
U.S. UNEMPLOYMENT 3.6%
Total nonfarm payroll employment edged up in May (+75,000), and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported.
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2019, June, 11, 09:20:00
U.S. RIGS DOWN 9 TO 975
BHGE - U.S. Rig Count is down 9 rigs from last week to 975, with oil rigs down 11 to 789, gas rigs up 2 to 186, and miscellaneous rigs unchanged at 0. Canada Rig Count is up 18 rigs from last week to 103, with oil rigs up 15 to 59 and gas rigs up 3 to 44.
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2019, June, 7, 11:55:00
U.S. LNG TO EUROPE UP
U.S. exports of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Europe have increased substantially since October 2018, averaging 1.9 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) in the winter of 2018–19 compared with 0.1 Bcf/d in the winter of 2017–18.
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2019, June, 7, 11:35:00
U.S. TRADE DEFICIT UPDOWN ANEW
Year-to-date, the goods and services deficit increased $4.1 billion, or 2.0 percent, from the same period in 2018. Exports increased $8.3 billion or 1.0 percent. Imports increased $12.4 billion or 1.2 percent.
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2019, June, 7, 11:30:00
BIOFUELS 2019
Longdom welcomes you to attend the Advances in Biofuels and Bioenergy during October 21-22, 2019 at Toronto, Canada. We cordially invite all the participants interested in sharing their knowledge and research in the arena of Biofuels and environmental sciences.
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2019, June, 6, 14:55:00
U.S. OIL INVENTORIES UP 6.8 MB
US crude oil inventories for the week ended May 31, excluding the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, increased by 6.8 million bbl from the previous week, according to data from the US Energy Information Administration.
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2019, June, 6, 14:50:00
U.S. COAL IS CHEAPER
The new analysis finds that, on average, the levelised cost of electricity from the coal fleet is less than the levelised cost of new natural gas combined cycle (NGCC), new wind and new solar.