Tag Archives: Crude Oil

China Rate Hike This Weekend?

The China Securities Journal, not citing a source,  says the timing is right for a rate hike this weekend.  It would be the second of the current tightening cycle.   Reuters reports, “With reference to the central bank’s record of … Continue reading

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Chart of the Day: Crude Oil Production & Energy Demand

This is a fairly informative graph from Gregor.us, which gives a fundamental sense of which way crude prices are heading in the next few years.   NORF!

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Black Swan Watch: Cyberwarfare and Iran’s Revenge

Computer World reports Iran has arrested several “spies” connected to a cyber attack on its nuclear program, “According to the Tehran-based Mehr News Agency, Heydar Moslehi, Iran’s minister of intelligence, said that “enemy spy services” were responsible for Stuxnet, the … Continue reading

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