... nine months of 2024 decreased by 0.7% compared to the same period in 2023, to 155.6 million tons. The volume of crude oil deliveries to refineries, which decreased by 3.5% in the first seven months of 2024 to 135.2 million tons, according to CDU TEK data (no more recent data available). Media reports state that deliveries to some refineries have fallen by more than 30%. The composite index of petroleum product production, published by Rosstat without quantitative indicators, decreased by 2.7% ...

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....2%; previous value 0%) Y/Y: +3.3% (forecast +2.5%; previous value +2.3%) Core PPI (excluding food and energy): Y/Y: +3.7% (forecast +3.0%; previous value +2.6%) USA: July Producer Price Inflation (PPI) Surpasses Expectations Key Indicators July data on the Producer Price Index (PPI) in the USA revealed a significant acceleration in inflationary pressures. The index increased by 0.9% month-on-month , substantially exceeding the consensus estimate of +0.2% and June's value of 0% . On a yearly ...

... approaching $3, which is the highest level since early 2018. The resolution of the legal matter has strengthened investor confidence – XRP's status is now officially compliant with the law, and its free trading on exchanges is without limitations. Market data suggest some institutional investors have already begun to eye XRP: reports indicate its inclusion in the portfolios of certain funds. Ripple, on its part, now has the opportunity to scale its cross-border payment business based on XRP without the ...

... Izvestia on August 20. "In July, Russia reduced oil exports by 14%. While in June 2024, Russia's seaborne oil shipments amounted to 3.72 million barrels per day (bpd), in July, they dropped to 3.20 million bpd, according to S&P Global Platts data. However, by the end of the year, seaborne oil exports could rise to 3.6 million bpd, nearing June's level," he noted. According to Tereshkin, one of the contributing factors will be the ban on gasoline exports in effect from August to December ...