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Wednesday, May 16, 2012

What the EIA's Short Term Energy Outlook Tells us about the Global Economy

What the EIA's Short Term Energy Outlook Tells us about the Global Economy

The US Energy information Administration (EIA) released its updated Short Term Energy Outlook (STEO) May 8, 2012.  The overview calls for falling crude oil prices, falling gasoline prices, falling electric demand but higher natural gas prices as the prospect of exports reduces fears of excess inventory.The STEO is always a volatile cocktail of near term market fluxuations and this update is no different.  The question is whether this short term forecast is good news or bad news about the economic future. In the case of global oil the…Read more...

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