Jason Schenker
Jason Schenker
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Potentially, Katrina could signal the death knell of the SUV in as much as consumers are going to find themselves once burned, twice shy to buy such vehicles,
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On a national average, we could hit $3.25 at the pump easily, potentially even by this weekend, ... This is going to cut into consumer demand.
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Despite high energy prices, consumer spending will hold up relatively well. Consumer behavior is not changing a lot.
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In the short run, people's consumption is essentially fixed for gasoline. The biggest evidence of this is despite the fact we've got prices at $3, $4 or $5 a gallon, we've got consumers lining up to pay for it.
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Although consumers care about headline inflation, it's not the Fed's priority. The Fed has its eye on the core.
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Truth be told, by the government's own study, this would have a minimal impact on price, decades in the future.
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This warm weather is lowering demand for natural gas and heating oil. What the market does is all in the hands of the weatherman.
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The government's offer of barrels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve has mitigated some of the upward price pressure on crude oil. The problems with gasoline and natural gas may not be helped even if the SPR is tapped. If refineries are offline and can't run the extra oil, it will make no difference.
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We've recently seen a series of minor conflagrations in Nigeria, which are resolved swiftly. The headlines raise awareness in the market but the price rises soon fade.
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With gasoline futures at records a nationwide average of $3 at the pump is likely in the near-term.
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There have been attempts this year to solve the bottleneck in the refinery part of the energy equation. That is still not resolved.
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There is no strategic government reserve of natural gas or refined products, and right now the biggest concerns in the marketplace are for products.
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The real shocker is that there was a build of natural gas at this time of year.
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If this leads to the shut-off of Iranian oil, I think it would probably mean we've got bigger problems than the price of oil. But if we end up with a 1970s-style oil embargo, we could see prices go markedly higher into uncharted territory.