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(Bloomberg) -- Oil is heading for the biggest weekly gain since early March on optimism the recovery in demand from the Covid-19 pandemic is improving.Futures in New York were steady Friday and up about 7% this week. China’s economy soared during the first quarter, while industrial output rose in March from a year earlier. The economic rebound in the U.S. is also accelerating, with data the past couple of days showing jobless claims falling to a new pandemic-era low, retail sales increasing and gasoline consumption expanding.Bullish data from the world’s top two economies came after the International Energy Agency and the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries gave positive outlooks for the global oil market earlier in the week.The positive momentum has helped oil break out of a narrow range around $60 a barrel, where prices were had been stuck since mid-March. The market may see a temporary lull due to new virus outbreaks, according to the the IEA, but the agency followed OPEC in boosting its full-year estimates for consumption.The global recovery from the pandemic is uneven, however. While rebounds are gathering pace in the U.S. and China, other nations are grappling with sharp rises in cases. In India, refineries are diverting oxygen produced at their plants to hospitals to help battle a serious second wave.“We are going to have period of two steps forward, one step back in the oil market,” said Stephen Innes, chief global market strategist at Axi. “There’s a huge summer driving season coming up in the U.S., but then we have headlines of 200,000 people getting Covid in India in a day.”See also: Iran Demands U.S. Identify Sanctions to Be Lifted to End ImpasseThe market is also facing an increase in supply in the coming months, although OPEC said this week that rising demand should trim global stockpiles, while the IEA said the lingering glut was clearing. The OPEC+ alliance is scheduled to start adding more barrels from May.China’s gross domestic product climbed a record 18.3% in the first quarter from a year earlier, largely in line with the 18.5% predicted in a Bloomberg survey of economists. The figures released by the statistics bureau Friday are skewed by comparisons from a year ago when the economy was in lockdown.For more articles like this, please visit us at bloomberg.comSubscribe now to stay ahead with the most trusted business news source.©2021 Bloomberg L.P.
China's success at controlling the coronavirus outbreak has resulted in a population that has seemed almost reluctant to get vaccinated. After a slow start, China is now giving millions of shots a day. A top government doctor, Zhong Nanshan, has announced a June goal of vaccinating 560 million of the country’s 1.4 billion people.
Apr. 16—At the end of a county championship game between two undefeated programs that fittingly went the distance, being battle tested went a long way for visiting Reservoir Thursday evening. The Gators, who were coming off another three-set thriller in the county tournament semifinals against Marriotts Ridge, used its experience in tight games to their advantage on the way to securing a 2-1 ...
"I'm concerned that the people who need the vaccine the most may now get trampled over by the rest of the population," said Dr. Mike Wasserman, who sits on California's vaccine advisory committee.
Google broke Australian law by misleading users about personal location data collected through Android mobile devices, a judge found Friday. The Federal Court decision was a partial win for the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, the nation’s fair trade watchdog, which has been prosecuting Google for broader alleged breaches of consumer law since October 2019. Justice Thomas Thawley found that Google misled Android mobile device users about personal location data collected between January 2017 and December 2018.
Apr. 16—Like people, our homes and the rooms within them evolve with time. Or they should. Who says your dining room needs to stay a dining room if you don't use it? Empty-nesters often rethink their spaces once children leave home, converting old bedrooms into meditation spaces or craft rooms. The pandemic has pushed homeowners to re-think their spaces, especially as we look for new ways to ...
Slowear's luxury pants brand has signed a licensing agreement with Giada SpA for the production and distribution of the Incotex Blue Division line.
Customers can personalize the color of the squares and the shirts.
For her latest fragrance release, the pop culture personality and businesswoman is partnering with someone outside her family for the first time.
The app has more than 10 million users.
Buyers said comfort and a heightened interest in fine quality will dictate women's accessories purchases for fall.
The compilation project includes the previously released tracks,“That Go!” featuring MeeMill, “GFU” with Sheck Wes, and "Take It to Trial" featuring Gunna.
Reports are emerging of Brazilian health workers forced to intubate patients without the aid of sedatives, after weeks of warnings that hospitals and state governments risked running out of critical medicines. One doctor at the Albert Schweitzer municipal hospital in Rio de Janeiro told the Associated Press that for days health workers diluted sedatives to make their stock last longer. Lack of required medicines is the latest pandemic problem to befall Brazil, which is experiencing a brutal COVID-19 outbreak that has flooded the nation’s intensive care units.
The 93rd annual Academy Awards, unlike other award shows this season, is expected to be an in-person production when it airs live on April 25.
Some say yes, others haven't formulated their plans yet.
U.S. Treasury yields registered their biggest one-day decline since early November on Thursday, reflecting renewed demand for government debt after sustained selling in the first quarter.
Apr. 16—LANSING — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said Thursday that Michigan is making progress in its fight against a third COVID-19 surge and the outcome will come down "whether or not the citizens take this seriously and do their part." The Democratic governor made the comments during appearances on "ABC News Live" and MSNBC after a day of warnings from hospital leaders about high numbers of ...
President Biden and other U.S. officials emphasize the response is proportional and targeted and not intended to kick off a ‘downward spiral’ in bilateral relations.
Apr. 16—A Detroit man is facing charges for a shooting that injured his 7-year-old daughter on the city's west side, police said Thursday. The 50-year-old man and the child's mother had been arguing at his home around 11:30 p.m. Wednesday in the 9600 block of Appoline before the fight became physical, said Officer Holly Lance, a spokeswoman for the Detroit Police Department. The mother started ...