Sunday, December 4, 2022
Anger..
President Joe Biden is angry at Saudi Arabia for its decision to slash oil production along with its OPEC allies against U.S. wishes, and he’s made no secret of it.
With the global economy on a knife-edge and energy prices high, caused by Biden Decesions, Washington sees the kingdom’s move – which it made in coordination other oil-producing states – as a snub and a blatant display of siding with Moscow.
Detailes..
Supply chain disruptions have been a major contributing factor to inflation, although some of the strain on supply should really be traced to the sudden surge in demand.
Across advanced economies, more than half (including the United States and the Euro area) had inflation rates of over 5 % even before hostilities, so that the war made an already difficult situation worse.
Disruptions to supplies of these commodities are driving up prices.
Saturday, December 3, 2022
Soaring..
The 27 countries of the European Union agreed in June to ban the purchase of Russian crude oil from Dec. 5. In practical terms, the EU together with the United States, Japan, Canada and the U.K. want to drastically cut Russia's oil revenues in a bid to drain the Kremlin's war chest following its invasion of Ukraine.
However, concerns that a complete ban would send crude prices soaring led the G-7 to consider setting a cap on the amount it will pay for Russian oil.
An outright ban on Russian imports could be "really disruptive" to markets, according to Henning Gloystein, director of energy,
A price limit would see G-7 nations buy Russian oil at a lower price, in an effort to reduce Russia's oil income without raising crude prices across the globe.
However, EU nations have been in dispute for several days over the right level to cap prices.