Category: Crude Oil

U.S. New Home Sales Declined in February 2012

Today, the U.S. Census Bureau updated on the number of new homes sales in the U.S during February 2012: new homes sales slightly declined again compared with the number of homes sold during January 2012. According to the recent report,…

Will Saudi Arabia Bring Crude Oil Prices Down?

There are reports that Saudi Arabia will raise its oil production in case the situation between Iran and the West will further escalate. Will Saudi Arabia come through on this promise? And more importantly, will it keep the crude oil…

Oil Stockpiles Rose by 1.5 M Bbl – March 21

According to the recent crude oil weekly update of the Energy Information Administration petroleum, crude oil stockpiles changed direction and rose by 1.5 million barrels. Propane stockpiles also rose for the first time in nineteen weeks. Could it be that…

U.S Existing Home Sales Slipped in February 2012

The U.S real estate market slowed down in February the U.S. existing homes sales rate moderately decreased during February 2012 by 0.9%; this news comes after it was reported yesterday that there was a slight drop in housing starts during…

U.S Housing Starts Slipped by 1.1% in February 2012

According to this month’s U.S. Census Bureau report regarding the new residential construction statistics for February 2012 there was a slight decrease in housing starts but a rise in building permits. Privately owned Housing starts decreased in February 2012: the…

Weekly Outlook for 19-23 March 2012

The main even from last week that may have affected not only the strength of the U.S dollar but also affected commodities prices mainly gold and silver prices was the FOMC meeting. Bernanke’s speech the following day may have also…