China continues to fight its growing inflation and tries to slow down the economic activity by raising its interest rate. What does it mean for the energy market, especially crude oil prices? China’s central bank recently announced it will raise…
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Natural gas prices outlook for April 2011
During March, natural gas prices bounced back from their decline during February. It’s probably related to the winter prolonging more then expected during March, but there were also some speculations around natural gas that might have driven natural gas prices…
Crude oil prices Monthly outlook –April 2011
The energy market presented many fluctuations during March. I will shortly present the main characteristics of crude oil prices (WTI and Brent oil) during March, and will ask what will be next for crude oil prices in April 2011? The…
Gold prices outlook for April 2011 – what’s next for gold?
The leveling out of gold prices during March came after gold prices rose during February. What will be of gold in April? Let’s examine the gold market and try to come up with a forecast for gold prices in April…
U.S Labor report slightly improved in March 2011
The US’s employment report was published today, April 1st by the Bureau of Labor Statistics published about the March 2011. According to the recent report, the number of non-farm employees increased by 216,000. The rise was mainly in the service-providing industries…
4 reasons silver outperformed gold in 2011 – 29 March
In the past couple of months we have experienced a sharp rise in silver prices, mainly during the middle of March, around the time the tsunami attack on Japan, while gold prices didn’t do much. What is the reason for…
Japan’s energy outlook – March 2011
The adverse ramifications of the tsunami attack on Japan’s economy are far from over, and the stabilization of the nuclear reactor in Fukushima isn’t complete. Nonetheless, Japan will need to look towards importing energy sources to replace the power loss…
As oil to gas prices ratio rises, what will be of crude oil prices?
The recent news from the Middle East and North Africa including the turmoil in Japan due to the tsunami attack (see here for more on these matters), have driven crude oil prices up as they are currently at well over…
Japan’s turmoil aftermath – preliminary outlook
Japan suffered in the recent tsunami attack thousands of dead and missing persons (the current tally is over 19,000 dead or missing), and billions of dollars worth of damage. There are still perils from this tsunami including the condition of…
Gold & Silver Prices Outlook –16 March
Let’s examine the mains news that might affect the changes in the current gold and silver prices as of March 16th: Turmoil in the Middle East Qaddafi continues his air strike on the rebels’ dwellings. Now, it’s reported that he…