Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a Monday appearance on CNBC’s Squawk Box to lay out the working-level results of weekend talks with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng — talks he described as a direct extension of the personal relationship between President Donald Trump and President Xi Jinping. Those discussions, held in New York the day […]
Continue Reading
Chinese refiners are stepping back into the crude market while flooding product markets with extra gasoline and diesel, just as the rest of the world is running short of both barrels and refining capacity. August data show crude imports rising 6.2% from July to 8.93 million barrels per day, while refined product exports jumped 29% […]
Continue Reading
Jeff Currie, founder and CEO of Real Macro and a veteran commodities strategist formerly of Goldman Sachs and Carlyle, appeared on CNBC’s Squawk Box on August 26, 2026, and cut through the usual noise. The segment title said it plainly: “The Strait of Hormuz is just one of many choke points being squeezed right now.” […]
Continue Reading
In a recent appearance on Squawk Box Asia, veteran commodities strategist Jeff Currie (Co-Chairman of Abaxx Markets) delivered a stark warning that resonates deeply with current market dynamics. He described an emerging “rare earth moment” — a qualitative shift where markets have been neglecting the physical world (“atoms”) in favor of financial narratives and tech […]
Continue Reading
Oil markets are gripped by a classic battle between headline optimism and physical reality in late May 2026. Brent crude has traded in a volatile $90–$110+ range (recently around $98/bbl as of May 25), well above pre-crisis levels near $60–70, after spiking as high as $126 earlier in the conflict. The driver remains the 2026 […]
Continue ReadingCNBC’s 2025 Top States for Business rankings have once again placed Alaska dead last, citing its oil-dependent economy and vulnerability to volatile crude prices as the primary culprits. The article from OilPrice.com, “Alaska Sinks to Bottom of Business Rankings on Oil Price Woes,” echoes this sentiment, highlighting how oil accounts for up to 73% of […]
Continue Reading