How Natural Gas Market Integration Can Help Increase Energy Security – Analysis
Closer ties allowed Europe to find new natural gas sources after Russia’s supply cutoff, and growing global export capacity can
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Author: Martin Stuermer
Martin Stuermer is an economist at the Commodities Unit of the IMF’s Research Department. His research interests are macroeconomics with a focus on energy, commodities, and the energy transition
Articles by Martin Stuermer :
How A Russian Natural Gas Cutoff Could Weigh On Europe’s Economies – Analysis
The partial shutoff of gas deliveries is already affecting European growth, and a full shutdown could be substantially more severe.
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Metals Demand From Energy Transition May Top Current Global Supply – Analysis
The clean energy transition needed to avoid the worst effects of climate change could unleash unprecedented metals demand in coming
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Soaring Metal Prices May Delay Energy Transition – Analysis
The world’s historic pivot toward curbing carbon emissions is likely to spur unprecedented demand for some of the most crucial
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Metals May Become The New Oil In Net-Zero Emissions Scenario – Analysis
Low greenhouse gas technologies require more metals than their fossil fuel-based counterparts. This column estimates supply elasticities and pins down the price impact of the energy transition on the metals markets. The results
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Surging Energy Prices May Not Ease Until Next Year – Analysis
An unprecedented combination of factors is roiling world energy markets, rekindling the memories of the 1970s energy crisis and complicating
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Four Factors Behind The Metals Price Rally – Analysis
As economies reopen in various parts of the world, the price of some commodities has soared, including the prices of
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