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The Fed’s Next Challenge: $100 Oil
Wall Street Journal ^ | September 19, 2023 | Joe Wallace and David Uberti

Posted on 09/19/2023 9:25:37 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA

Saudi output cuts and record demand have pushed crude prices 26% higher this quarter

An almost uninterrupted rise in oil prices has pushed benchmark Brent crude close to $100 a barrel, posing a new challenge for central banks in their battle against inflation.

The rise is a victory for Saudi Arabia, which sought to bolster prices to fund a planned transformation of its oil-dependent economy. Russia, which depends on energy income to finance its war on Ukraine and joined Riyadh in slashing supplies, is another winner. The two countries sparked the rally early this month when they said they would restrict supplies until the end of the year.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: bidenlegacy; bidenomics; economy; inflation; oil; oilprice
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1 posted on 09/19/2023 9:25:37 AM PDT by ConservativeInPA
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To: ConservativeInPA

Oil prices going higher? Not to worry - Janet Yellen is on it; She’s watching the markets with an eagle eye!


2 posted on 09/19/2023 9:27:47 AM PDT by Ken522
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To: ConservativeInPA

It’s OK. We’ll just tap into that Strategic Petroleum Reserve. That’s around here somewhere ... right?


3 posted on 09/19/2023 9:29:07 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy (They say "Our Democracy" but they mean Cosa Nostra.)
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To: Ken522

I am sure glad biden refilled our oil reserves while prices were low.


4 posted on 09/19/2023 9:30:34 AM PDT by armourenthusiast (I capitalize everything related to South)
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To: ConservativeInPA

It isn’t a “Challenge”, it is a goal.

The challenge for them is how to get it that high without having their filthy rat-claws ripped from the levers of power before they can accomplish it.


5 posted on 09/19/2023 9:31:32 AM PDT by rlmorel ("If you think tough men are dangerous, just wait until you see what weak men are capable of." JBP)
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To: Ken522

You thought Janet Yellen was just another pretty face? Ha!


6 posted on 09/19/2023 9:33:32 AM PDT by heterosupremacist (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God. Thomas Jefferson)
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To: ConservativeInPA

The Democrats see high oil prices as helping sell EV’s. They love it!


7 posted on 09/19/2023 9:35:03 AM PDT by Spok (It takes a lot of learning to understand how little we know. (Paraphrasing Thomas Sowell.))
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To: armourenthusiast

Those in charge are suicidal.


8 posted on 09/19/2023 9:36:15 AM PDT by Dogbert41 (“Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God” -Matthew 5:9)
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To: Ken522
A knock-on effect of the cuts: Russian oil and fuel prices have risen far above caps imposed by the U.S. and its allies as part of energy sanctions. The country’s main flavor of crude, Urals, trades at $82 a barrel, according to Argus. The cap set by the U.S. is $60.

I remember all the MSM stupidity and propaganda when Yellen was pushing this plan. Haven't heard a peep about it since. I was wondering how it worked out. US Fed.gov woke central-planners and neocons get humiliated. Again. LOL.

9 posted on 09/19/2023 9:36:34 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Spok

Stewarding the “energy transition” does not matter what or who will die in the path of their bloody progress.


10 posted on 09/19/2023 9:39:34 AM PDT by NotQuiteCricket
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$100 oil has only a transitory effect on inflation. Even oil inflation.

If you go to $100 and stay there, that is only one month of oil inflation. A big jump, but the next month it may have 0 jump. Inflation is a measure of rate of change. If the change stops, even at a high level, inflation can be reported 0.

Now, on the other hand, 6% inflation would be far above the Fed’s 2% target, and you can get 6% of oil inflation with just a $0.50 increase in price per barrel per month. That’s pretty modest, but at the end of the year, oil would be $106 for a 6% increase.


11 posted on 09/19/2023 9:40:14 AM PDT by Owen (.)
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To: Dogbert41

Nope, not suicidal, they’re homicidal. This fake climate change crap and scrapping “fossil” fuels won’t hurt them in the least, its us great unwashed that will starve and die from their anti-american policies


12 posted on 09/19/2023 9:40:16 AM PDT by jpp113
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To: ConservativeInPA

And just like that the cost of goods and food just went up. AGAIN!


13 posted on 09/19/2023 9:41:36 AM PDT by unixfox (Abolish Slavery, Repeal the 16th Amendment)
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I been telling you guys.

View all things through the prism of oil and the world becomes much more clear.

Russia’s oil will run out last. EVs are never going to plow fields before planting or harvesting season is done. Oil is everything and theirs will run out last. Too much surface area for it to be otherwise.

Wrong enemy to declare. We will have to beg for their oil someday and why should they say yes, at any price?


14 posted on 09/19/2023 9:45:16 AM PDT by Owen (.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Not to worry Energy Secretary Granholm’s staff is blocking EV chargers with GSA gas cars so she can make a 4 hour trip in her EV to do her part to save the planet....evil people.


15 posted on 09/19/2023 9:51:30 AM PDT by wardamneagle
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To: Ken522

Oil prices going higher? Not to worry. Biden will close off more federal land to energy exploration and production.


16 posted on 09/19/2023 9:55:05 AM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom (“Occupy your mind with good thoughts or your enemy will fill them with bad ones.” ~ Thomas More)
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To: ConservativeInPA
"Gasoline should coat at least $5.00 a gallon"

Joe Biden, on the campaign trail in 2008.

These people do tell you what they are! You just need to have two eats and a memory.

17 posted on 09/19/2023 10:01:33 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: NotQuiteCricket

There is no energy transition. Energy is a fungible commodity. The least expensive and most productive source will always dominate world energy production and consumption.


18 posted on 09/19/2023 10:04:15 AM PDT by blackdog ((Z28.310) My dog Sam eats purple flowers.)
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To: ConservativeInPA

Yes - I thought we would see it by CHristmas, now it looks like by Halloween. This is about Saudi crushing Biden re-election in cooperation with Russia, keeping 1.3 MMBO per day off the market in the face of rising demand.


19 posted on 09/19/2023 10:11:48 AM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: Spok

This right there!!!!!!!!!


20 posted on 09/19/2023 10:15:06 AM PDT by bantam
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