Rating agency adjusts oil price assumptions
Lower growth could trigger M&A activity among master limited partnerships
Royal to retest $9.6-billion energy loans portfolio for US$45 a barrel oil
Alberta growth to slow due to falling oil prices
Amid persistently low oil prices, the global energy business is facing a tough year, says Moody’s Investors Service in a new report. The major companies should fare best, while other parts of the sector are likely to see their earnings come under significant pressure. The rating agency says that exploration and production (E&P) companies will […]
There are differing views on how sustained the latest rout will be
Benjamin Tal, deputy chief economist at CIBC World Markets Inc., crunches the numbers on how the drop in oil prices will affect Canada -- province by province and sector by sector. Tal gives tips on how investors can position during the volatile ride of oil's dramatic decline.
Canadian governments stand to lose between $10 billion and $13 billion in revenues as a result of lower oil prices
Falling oil prices add nearly $400 million to forecast
If oil price drops too far, the picture gets bleak