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US oil producers face new challenges as top oilfield flags

U.S. oil producers are grappling with geological limits to production growth as the country's top oilfield ages and produces more water and gas and less oil - and may be nearing peak output. The Permian basin was the centerpiece of the shale revolution that began nearly two decades ago and spurred the U.S. to become the world's top oil producer, stealing market share from the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and other top producers. Slowing output growth and rising costs would make it difficult for oil producers to pump more and bring down oil prices to consumers, as envisioned by U.S. President Donald Trump in his "drill, baby, drill" mantra.

US Files Lawsuit for $47 Million From the Sale of Iranian Oil

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Shale-Oil Bosses Slam Trump’s Tariffs in Anonymous Survey

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Fed’s Musalem Wary of Threat of Persistent Tariff Inflation

(Bloomberg) -- Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Alberto Musalem said it’s not clear any inflationary impact from tariffs will prove temporary, and he cautioned that secondary effects could prompt officials to hold interest rates steady for longer. Most Read from BloombergThey Built a Secret Apartment in a Mall. Now the Mall Is Dying.Why Did the Government Declare War on My Adorable Tiny Truck?How SUVs Are Making Traffic WorseTrump Slashed International Aid. Geneva Is Feeling the Impac

Trump tariffs loom over Britain's debt-laden economy

LONDON (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump emerged as one of the biggest threats hanging over the British economy on Wednesday, when the country's fiscal watchdog said slow growth and a heavy debt burden made it especially vulnerable to his proposed tariffs. Finance minister Rachel Reeves delivered a politically unpopular cut to the welfare budget and other reductions in her spending plans, all to keep the economy on track for a key fiscal target that was designed to reassure investors after short-lived former Prime Minister Liz Truss's market meltdown of 2022. But the country's independent fiscal watchdog said a global trade war could reduce economic output, while a rise in Bank of England interest rates and gilt yield expectations could wipe out her small headroom against that fiscal target.