Edwards Global Business Update
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Energy Costs Climb, Growth Holds Up, China's Capital Looks Elsewhere (opens the original)
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Welcome to the 170th Edition of the Geowizard Biweekly Global Business Update. This edition of our newsletter is free to all subscribers. Enjoy! – Energy costs remain the dominant story for global business. The U.S. now supplies about a fifth of the world’s seaborne diesel, and the prospect of a U.S. export ban has already pushed European diesel margins to a record. Global oil and gas tanker rates are more than six times January’s level.Global growth is holding up. The OECD raised its 2026 forec
Trade Agreements Are No Longer Just About Trade (opens the original)
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Europe: One Continent, Two Economies (opens the original)
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Welcome to the 169th Edition of the Geowizard Biweekly Global Business Update – Europe’s aggregate growth figures mask real divergence with Spain and Poland posting solid growth on domestic demand and investment, while Germany, France, and Italy remain stuck near zero on weak exports, high energy costs, and U.S. tariff friction. The takeaway: market-entry planning should be calibrated country-by-country, not to an EU average.Elsewhere, global growth is described as surprisingly resilient despite
Diesel Fuel's Quiet Global Inflation Bomb (opens the original)
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The same week the price of a gallon of diesel fuel hit an all-time high in the U.S., refiners’ profit margins on diesel, known as the “crack spread,” broke $100 a barrel for the first time ever in both the U.S. and Europe. That’s not a coincidence, and it’s not just a Middle East story anymore. Fighting between the U.S. and Iran flared up again this week after a period of relative calm, Russia has extended its diesel export ban through the end of September, and Asian refiners are exporting less.
When Old Trade Routes Close, Global Business Finds New Ones (opens the original)
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