price

After years of slashing output to prop up prices, key members of the OPEC+ group, including Saudi Arabia and Russia, surprised markets earlier this year by hiking production to levels very few had anticipated.

“Bigger is not always better and becoming preoccupied with quarterly profits and the stock price over creativity speaks to problems at most big corporations in America,” Drexler said.

This means fewer options on the shelves, slower innovation and higher prices.

The Energoatom scheme allegedly drove up electricity prices as contractors tried to cover kickback costs.

U.S. money markets currently price around an 80% chance of a rate reduction.