Obama’s oil-price blame game

Herman Cain The Daily Caller 4/24/2011

President Obama recently said that the economic situation when he took office was worse than he had thought at the time. That’s code for “blame Bush” again for Obama’s failed economic policies, which have not stimulated the economy.

Obama has chastised businesses for sitting on over $2 trillion in […]

Oil Price Shocks and the Recession of 2011?

Ten of the last 11 recessions were preceded by oil price hikes.

Ronald Baily Reason Magazine 3/8/2011

Oil prices surged to near $107 per barrel yesterday and regular gasoline is going for $3.51 per gallon. Last March oil sold for around $80 per barrel and gas cost about $2.79 per gallon. The uprisings throughout the […]

Saudi minister: OPEC nations have capacity to produce surplus oil (but..)

CNN 2/23/2011

(CNN) — Seeking to alleviate concern about rising oil prices, Saudi Arabia’s oil minister said his country and other OPEC members have the capacity to produce surplus oil, Saudi Press Agency reported.

Saudi Arabia alone has a surplus of about 4 million barrels per day, the agency quoted Minister Ali al-Naimi as saying.

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Santelli: $4 Gas, $150 Oil Coming This Summer

Jeff Poor NewsBusters.org 4/5/2010

With summer driving season upon us, it’s important to note that there’s a traditional jump in gas prices. But will this seasonal adjustment benefit commodities, specifically oil and make the price of gasoline even higher? That could happen if those forms of energy lure investment from what seems to be an […]

Barclays and Bank of America see looming oil crunch

For oil markets, it as if the Great Recession never happened. Surging demand in China, India and the Middle East is making up for decline in the debt-crippled West, ensuring another global crunch within three or four years.

Ambrose Evans-Pritchard Telegraph [UK] 18 Feb 2010

Bank of America and Barclays Capital, two leading oil […]

Oil Eyes Biggest Annual Percentage Jump Since 1999

FoxBusinessNews.com December 31, 2009

NEW YORK–Oil rose towards $80 a barrel in thin holiday trade Thursday, poised for the biggest annual climb in a decade, a year after posting huge falls as the global economic crisis sapped demand.

Crude was supported by data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) that showed declines in crude […]

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