Articles by Shawkat Hammoudeh

In my previous article, “Oil prices on surprising decline,” published Oct. 10, I indicated that in order to understand the signals coming to us from…

Oil prices declined by 16 percent since the June high. Why are oil prices declining? What’s the role in the decline? While the oil price…

For 300 years, Scotland has been part of the United Kingdom, which includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland. Now there is a strong movement…

The U.S. dollar has appreciated by about 6 percent against major currencies, such as the euro and the yen, in the last two months. This…

The cold weather arrived early this fall in the Northeast and Midwest of the United States, which are the major natural gas consumers in this…

There has been a debate in the United States regarding China’s possible sale of the $1.4 trillion in Treasury bonds it has lent to the…

It has become obvious to oil observers over the years that the oil landscape is not a constant, and it keeps changing because of diverse…

Summer is here, and this season’s travel is in an advanced planning stage if not already underway. I used to travel from New York to…

Shinzo Abe was first elected prime minister of Japan in September 2006. He showed commitment to fiscal policy reforms, including a balanced budget, but failed…

The current debate regarding the U.S. economy revolves around the recent hike in interest rates as represented by the 10-year Treasury bond rate. This rate…