Bloomberg The world’s most prominent oil forecaster, the International Energy Agency, anticipates near-equilibrium between supply and demand in global crude markets next year. If OPEC members can’t resolve some massive output disruptions, that will turn into a significant shortfall. World oil production in 2017 will very nearly match consumption, ending several years of oversupply, the Paris-based IEA forecast on ...

  Bloomberg Brazil’s Acting President Michel Temer proposed to legislators spending caps that are designed to shrink a near-record budget deficit and restore investor confidence in Latin America’s largest economy. The proposal would amend the constitution, essentially freezing current government expenditures in inflation-adjusted terms through 2036, though there would be the possibility of adjustments after the first 10 years, according ...

  Bloomberg Mexico’s retail market is getting a jolt as Chile-based retail giant SACI Falabella reaches northward to grab a piece of an expanding consumer market. South America’s largest department store chain, which sells everything from power tools to women’s clothes and treadmills, is making headway in Mexico as consumption drives a better-than-expected expansion in the country. The company is ...