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How will the Israel-Hamas conflict impact Australia?

CASSANDRA BALDINI  |  TUESDAY, 10 OCT 2023
... supply somewhere in the Middle East," he said. "The focus is now on the conflict's potential blowback against Iran." Brent oil futures have risen approximately 5% since the weekend, surging to as high as $US89/bbl in intraday trading yesterday and ...

Chief economist: Is this a buy op?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 FEB 2022
... inflation. Never mind other commodity prices, the price of crude oil has shot up on the back of the Russian adventure. Brent oil US$104.99 per barrel - up 8.42% on the day; WTI oil reached US$100 before falling back to US$99.52 - up 8.06%. Being a major ...

Chief economist update: A delicate balancing act

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 4 JUN 2021
... and a sharp upgrade from the 4.2% (for 2021) and 3.7% (for 2022) predicted in its December 2020 report. The price of Brent oil rallied to US$71.20/barrel and WTI oil soared to US$68.83 a barrel. This year to date, the price of Brent oil has surged by ...

Chief economist update: Getting hot, hot, hot

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2021
Crude oil remains hot with prices soaring to 14-month highs. This year to date, the price of Brent oil has surged by 30.5% to US$66.85 per barrel and that of the WTI soared by 31.2% -- more than making up for the full-year 2020's loss of 24.4% and ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 FEB 2021
Crude oil prices jumped to one-year highs - WTI oil to US$58.46 per barrel; Brent oil to US$55.73 - this early in the New Year. Well, they have to bounce some time especially given the battering it received in 2020 as the covid-19 pandemic grounded ...

Chief economist update: Oil could slip on fresh lockdowns

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2020
... markets and commodity markets, including oil. Oil prices jumped to two-month highs - WTI oil to US$41.36 per barrel; Brent oil to US$43.61 - following reports of encouraging COVID-19 vaccine test results developed by Pfizer and BioNTech. The easing of ...

Chief economist update: The second oil price discounting wave

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 9 SEP 2020
... prices higher. WTI oil prices soared to US$42.96 per barrel in August from the record low negative US$36.98 in April. Brent oil rocketed to US$46.01 from April's US$9.12 a barrel. Good as they may be, crude oil prices remain down this year to date ...

Chief economist update: Second wave threatens an oil spill

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 14 AUG 2020
... price of US$38.21 per barrel in the June quarter from US$27.96/barrel in the first three months of 2020. The price of Brent oil jumped by 36.6% to an average of US$40.27/barrel in the second quarter from US$29.49 a barrel in the previous quarter. The ...

Chief economist update: Easing restrictions narrow oil demand-supply equation

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 MAY 2020
... 20, one day before the WTI oil futures contracts for May delivery dropped to minus US$36.98 per barrel. The price of Brent oil remained positive but still plummeted to a 34-year low of US$9.12/barrel. Sinking oil prices came despite the belated agreement ...

Chief economist update: Oil gush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 APR 2020
... approximately 10 Million Barrels, and maybe substantially more which, if it happens, will be GREAT for the oil & gas industry!" "Brent oil prices jumped by 20.9% on the day and by 56.9% from this year's low despite reports that Saudi officials called ...
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