Bloomberg Egypt, which relies on imports to meets its energy needs, faces higher costs for gasoline and other oil products unless it cuts fuel subsidies after the government decided to float its currency, according to analysts at Petroleum Policy Intelligence and KBC Energy Economics. The Arab world’s most populous country took the unprecedented step on Thursday of allowing the …

  Bloomberg OPEC can’t cut oil production alone to stabilize the market, according to the former Saudi Arabian energy minister who masterminded the pump-at-will policy the group adopted two years ago. “I don’t think OPEC by itself should cut,” Ali Al-Naimi, who for two decades was arguably the world’s most influential oil official until he retired in May, told a …

  Bloomberg Australia could be stripped of its top credit score by S&P Global Ratings as early as next month if the government’s interim budget review shows further deterioration, according to BlackRock Inc. The mid-year economic and fiscal outlook, which for the past three years has been delivered in December, could be a “catalyst” for the country to lose its …