By: Jessica Morris

I write about energy and industrials for City A.M. I'm particularly interested in geopolitics, energy policy and, of course, the ever lively oil markets.

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Daylight Saving Time 2015: A short look at when clocks go back and forward around the world

March 27, 2015

The clocks are finally going forward on Sunday, and while this means sleep fans will lose an extra hour's kip, it also means summer is (technically) here. In the northern hemisphere – home to the United States, Europe and Asia – most countries (but not all of them) tend to observe daylight saving time between March [...]
Daylight saving time

March 27, 2015

dfsafdsafdsafdsa Country Region/states Start date for daylight saving time (DST) End date for daylight saving time (DST) Australia South Australia, Australian Capital Territory, Victoria, New South Wales, much of Tasmania Sunday October 4 Sunday April 5 Queensland, Northern Territory, Western Australia, Christmas Island No daylight saving time in 2015 – Lord Howe Island [...]
Another BoE official just poured cold water on deflation fears

March 27, 2015

Bank of England deputy governor Ben Broadbent has joined a chorus of rate-setters who've said the risk of Britain slipping into a deflationary spiral remains low. "The likelihood of a broad and protracted deflation, afflicting wages as well as prices, is pretty low," he said. So far, low inflation has been a boon for the [...]
Japan just joined Britain in the “noflation” club

March 27, 2015

Core consumer inflation in Japan stalled in February, meaning it has joined now Britain in the "noflation" club. The government said that its key inflation gauge, which strips out the effect of last year's sales tax hike, was flat from a year earlier. This means it has moved further away from the Bank of Japan's target [...]
This map shows why airstrikes in Yemen are pushing up oil prices

March 26, 2015

Yemen doesn't actually produce that much oil compared to some other Middle East nations. But news that it been hit by air strikes from Saudi Arabia and its Gulf allies sent global oil prices berserk today. Nervous investors helped push Brent crude, the global benchmark, as high as $59.78 per barrel, or a two-and-a-half week high. But [...]
These are the four biggest threats to financial stability, according to the Bank of England

March 26, 2015

The financial policy committee (FPC) which looks after financial stability over at the Bank of England, has outlined the areas it intends to keep a closer eye on in its quarterly assessment released today. 1. Geopolitical turmoil Eurozone turmoil could pose a threat to future financial stability. There have been some encouraging signs recently but [...]
Markets riled after Saudi Arabia launches airstrikes in Yemen

March 26, 2015

Tensions in the Middle East stirred global markets today pushing nervous investors into safe-haven assets. Investors sought safety in gold, pushing bullion prices up to a two-and-a-half week high of $1,219.40 an ounce, on news that Saudi Arabia and its Gulf Arab allies had launched air strikes in the Yemen city of Aden. Meanwhile, the dollar fell [...]
Shell to cut 250 North Sea oil jobs as oil prices plummet

March 26, 2015

Oil giant Shell has said it will shed around 300 North Sea oil and gas jobs as part of a cost management drive. "The North Sea has been a challenging operating environment for some time," Paul Goodfellow, Shell's upstream vice president for the UK and Ireland at, said. "Reforms to the fiscal regime announced in the budget [...]
Retail sales rise as shoppers reap “noflation” in February

March 26, 2015

Retail sales beat expectations as low prices encouraged people onto high streets across the country in February, figures out today show. Sales on the high street rose 5.7 per cent annually according the Office for National Statistics. It marked the 23rd consecutive month of year-on-year growth, the longest winning-streak since May 2008. Retail sales grew 0.7 [...]
Russia plans superhighway linking Britain to the United States

March 25, 2015

Russia has unveiled proposals for a superhighway rolling all the way from London across to the United States. The Trans-Eurasian belt Development, put forward by Vladimir Yakunin who is head of the Russian Railways, would be the first modern route to run across Russia, and then linking to systems in Western Europe and Asia. This would means Brits [...]

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