Christopher Swann

Out of the Woods

Bland Lagarde will escape the Bretton Woods curse

Energy's Schadenfreude

West Asia's spending gap could let Big Oil off the hook

Long live the spread

Record US oil stocks show need for policy shift

How to lose friends

US stalls IMF reforms at risk of own ambitions

A poor target

World Bank's foreign aid target is barbarous relic

Crude combat

US oil majors demand export satisfaction

To the exporters the spoils

US LNG exports set for boost from Ukraine

Shell shale sale

Shell could use BP tips to make US shale pay off

Oil's new normal

Big Oil faces no-win on rampant cost inflation

Flare up

Russia, not Ukraine, is Gazprom's real problem

Downwardly Mobil

Tech isn't the only threat to Exxon's S&P standing

Frack steady

Fracking's big benefit may be steadier oil prices

Kim's cuts

World Bank boss Kim tested by Honduran loan fracas

University challenged

American universities need lesson in capitalism

A convenient forecast

Exxon's world view looks darn good for Exxon

Go north!

Fracking fortunes put naysayers on back foot

A little less conversation

Waffling G20 still best hope for global economy

Growth gap

BRIC woes make African economies shine brighter

No more Mr Daredevil

Failed petrostates threatened by new oil bounty

Fracking diplomacy

Fracking may change US foreign policy for good