Not exact matches
Oil prices dipped during afternoon trade on Monday, erasing gains supported by a political rift in the Middle East,
before investor concerns over a
global supply overhang returned.
The general consensus among economists is that crude
oil prices need to climb dramatically higher
before threatening the
global recovery.
As I've written many times
before, the American fracking industry is largely responsible for keeping
global oil prices low, which has been a huge windfall to the world economy.
Following a January rally, the
global commodities complex underwent declines in February
before partially recovering in March; for the first quarter as a whole, the benchmark Thomson Reuters CoreCommodity CRB Index (CRB) gained 0.8 % on a
price - only basis.1 Among the 19 component commodities tracked by the CRB, advancers had a slight edge over decliners, buoyed by growth in
global economies and weakness in the trade - weighted US dollar, which retreated 2.1 %, according to the Federal Reserve's (Fed's) US Dollar Index.1 Aside from robust gains for a host of agricultural products,
oil and gold were also among the commodity winners.
Joint cuts of 1.8 million b / d have reduced OECD
oil inventories towards their five - year average and cleared most of the
global glut, with the Saudis cutting even deeper than agreed in an attempt to lift
prices well above US$ 80
before selling off shares in Aramco.
Even
before the events in Saudi Arabia, the positive backdrop for
oil prices had been building, due to stronger growth across the
global economy.
Indeed, on a year - ended basis, CPI inflation might rise further
before it starts to come down, particularly given the recent further surge in
global oil prices beyond what was assumed in our May projections.
Low crude
prices and a booming
global economy have caused the biggest
oil glut in history to disappear
before your very eyes.
Regarding the swipe at Dr S Fred Singer and Dr Willie Soon, the only «confessions» Dr Singer ever made was that he'd received
oil company funding for
oil pricing consultation work years
before the
global warming craze began in earnest, and that he received a one - time unsolicited $ 10,000 donation from Exxon.