[The report is] bullish relative to expectations, ... In the grand scheme of things, I don't think that the drop in crude oil stocks is necessarily an indication of a sea change. |
A 40-cent rise in gasoline prices does not stimulate demand, and frankly this is where I think many macroeconomic forecasts for 2006 are going to miss the mark. |
A Bush status quo results in somewhat higher oil prices both in the short and the longer term in my view, |
Africa has 2.3 workers per 1,000 people. The Americas have 24.8 per 1,000 people. If you are a doctor in Africa, you have 10 fold (more) diseases to deal with compared to your colleagues in other regions. |
Basically we hit some support levels ... and if it can't go down, it's got to go up. |
Consumers would benefit from more refinery capacity and more competition in the refinery business. |
Crude oil may have been able to trigger short covering off the surprise 1.3 million-barrel draw from last week, but inventories are still at their second-highest weekly total since April 1999. |
Current chilly temperatures in the Northeast U.S. also helped boost prices, although these are not expected to last. |
Despite the surprise 1.3 million-barrel drop in DOE crude stocks for last week, inventories in the market remain near April 1999 highs. |
Everything pretty much came within the range of expectations so there were no dramatic surprises here. |
From the current snapshot, (electricity) conditions look a lot more similar to last year than they appear different. |
He's a politician, though. He's definitely more of a politician than some judges, ... He moves around in political circles, goes to the political fundraisers and stuff like that. |
Heating oil and natural gas are...faced with significant warming trends that have brought an abrupt end to the heating season. |
I was looking for a rebound in imports as some of the activity along the Gulf Coast came back to normal. |
I'm not sure this is the start of a new trend in crude oil stocks and it probably reflects more of a desire on the part of refiners to limit the material they hold than it does a lack of supply, |