This session explores the intricate web of the global macroeconomic environment and identifies changes that could significantly affect the energy sector. Key to this discussion includes China's economic trajectory within the year and its implications for global energy demand and trade, an in-depth analysis of recessionary signals, including interest rate trends, their impact on energy consumption and pricing, and how companies can prepare for these shifts, how commodity flows will influence our economic forecasts and the U.S. economy's direction as it faces the dynamics of an approaching presidential election, offering attendees a lens through which to view potential policy changes and market reactions.