The U.S. goods and services deficit was $67.1 billion in August, up $3.7 billion from $63.4 billion in July, revised.

From the year-ago month, U.S. coal exports declined 41.3%. Over the eight months, exports were 44.6 million st, down 31% year on year.

Amendments to the agreement include phased reductions of US imports of uranium from Russia as well as the periodic updating of the import quotas.

Driven by unprecedented low fuel prices, gas power production increased by 7.1% during the first seven months from last year, while coal dipped dramatically by 27.5%.

Noble Energy shareholders have approved a deal to sell the oil and gas producer to Chevron Corp, making Chevron the No. 2 U.S. shale oil producer and giving it international natural gas reserves close to growing markets.

Total U.S. nonfarm payroll employment rose by 661,000 in September, and the unemployment rate declined to 7.9 percent,

“The Canada Infrastructure Bank is critical to expanding Canada’s ambition by bringing in the private sector to get more infrastructure built,” said Infrastructure and Communities Minister Catherine McKenna, adding that the investments will create 60,000 jobs and “help build a low-carbon future”.

U.S. Rig Count is up 5 from last week to 266, Canada Rig Count is up 4 from last week to 75

The United States grew to become the world’s largest oil producer at nearly 13 million barrels per day (bpd), led by shale companies.

The Nuclear Fuel Working Group, established by Trump in 2019 to undertake a full analysis of national security considerations with respect to nuclear fuel supply chain after a Section 232 Petition from two US uranium miners asked for a quota on uranium imports, has already called for action be taken to strengthen the country's uranium mining industry.

"Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and the United States are committed to exploring collective activities in multilateral settings in coordination with financial institutions and the private sector to enhance international investment in research and development and the rapid adoption of new energy technologies," the statement added.

"If carbon pricing allows those renewables to have enough revenue because the value of emissions will now be compensated in the energy markets, there is no longer a need for above-market contracts from the states,"

Westinghouse Electric Co said on 30 September that it had signed an agreement with nuclear utility Energoatom to increase nuclear fuel supplies for Ukraine's reactors. It currently supplies fuel for six of Ukraine's VVER-1000 reactors with a seventh due to be added year.

U.S. commercial crude oil inventories decreased by 2.0 million barrels to 492.4 million barrels

U.S. real gross domestic product (GDP) decreased at an annual rate of 31.4 percent in the second quarter of 2020