For every $10 that the price of oil declines per barrel, the price of gas declines by only $0.024 per gallon. … READ MORE >
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Market Minute: A reality check to the hopium over war’s end
While equity investors on Tuesday were reacting to optimism over an end to the Iran war, oil and jet fuel costs were pricing in a different outcome. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: Oil shock, affordability and the American public
Top-line inflation is likely to increase to between 3.5% and 4%, which will carry with it second- and third-order effects even if the conflict ends soon. … READ MORE >
February CPI report: Beware the Ides of March
Investors should anticipate rising inflation in March as the impact of the war in the Middle East and surging energy prices is felt in the economy. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: How much pain can the U.S. economy absorb?
Today, with the price of gas at $3.10, we are still well below levels where one should begin talking about larger risks to economic expansion. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: Oil prices fall as global production rises
The price of crude oil has continued to drop, with West Texas Intermediate falling below $63 per barrel on Wednesday. … READ MORE >
Market Minute: Supply and demand for gas at equilibrium
National average prices that were over $5 per gallon in early 2022 at the start of the Ukraine war dropped to $3.30 in May. … READ MORE >
Consumer sentiment in November rises to highest level since April
According to the University of Michigan’s survey in November, the sentiment index increased to 73 from 70.5 with expectations leading the increase. … READ MORE >
U.S. gas prices poised to decline by 10% ahead of July 4
Because of supply conditions and easing demand, domestic gasoline prices peaked at $3.67 per gallon for regular on April 18 and have declined since then. They are poised to decline even further. … READ MORE >
Canada’s inflation had broad-based deceleration in September
Canada’s headline inflation rate declined to 3.8% in September from 4.0% in August, reversing the upward trend of the past three months and offering good news to households and the Bank of Canada. … READ MORE >