Saturday, June 28, 2008

What's Behind The Oil Price Climb?

Stefan M.I. Karlsson provides a thorough analysis of the oil markets in a column at LRC, today. He explains what is causing the current spike in oil prices, including a great analysis of why speculators are not the cause of the current price spike in oil.

My only slight quibble with Karlsson is that he seems to put a bit more emphasis on new demand factors, then on the Federal Reserve's monetary policy, for the spike in oil. He certainly mentions the money supply factor, I just think it should have been emphasised a bit more, given the seeming across the board hikes in commodity prices--which, to me, is an indication of a strong monetary influence.

Karlsson's column is here:

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig6/karlsson9.html



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