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Oil down over 7% today. (Original Post)
multigraincracker
Jun 2022
OP
It's only Biden's fault when the price goes up ... when it goes down it's Free Market Magic
Hugh_Lebowski
Jun 2022
#2
Tommy Carcetti
(43,175 posts)1. And somehow gas will still manage to rise another 10 cents per gallon.
Because Oil Companies.
ProfessorGAC
(65,000 posts)4. Or, Take 10 Days to Drop A Dime
There's already a historical disconnect between crude & wholesale gas prices m
If prices don't go down 40 cents right quick, the disconnect gets even worse.
Hugh_Lebowski
(33,643 posts)2. It's only Biden's fault when the price goes up ... when it goes down it's Free Market Magic
If a RePuQ is POTUS though, it works the exact opposite way.
It's just simple economics ...
empedocles
(15,751 posts)3. Actual oil demand is very predictable. The rest is speculation, etc.
Amishman
(5,555 posts)5. Recession expectations means lower oil consumption expectations
which means falling prices.
Emile
(22,695 posts)6. Thank you Joe Biden!
Thunderbeast
(3,406 posts)7. Lower wellhead costs...
...just means Exxon and the others can buy back more stock.