Oil Prices, Global Demand Expectations, and Near-Term Global Inflation

In this post, we utilize the demand and supply decomposition from the New York Fed’s Oil Price Dynamics Report to argue that most of the oil price increase over the past year or so has reflected improving global demand expectations and explore what changing global demand expectations might mean for near-term global inflation developments. Published on Liberty Street Economics, October 04 2021.

October 2021 · Jan J. J. Groen, Adam I. Noble

Putting the Current Oil Price Collapse into Historical Perspective

In this post, we compare recent oil price declines with those seen in previous oil price collapses, focusing on the drivers of such episodes. Published on Liberty Street Economics, May 14 2020.

May 2020 · Jan J. J. Groen, Michael B. Nattinger

Lower Oil Prices and U.S. Economic Activity

In this post, we use correlations of weekly oil price changes with a broad array of financial variables to quantify that the oil price decline since mid-2015 is due to a mix of weaker demand and increased supply, followed by assessing their impact on U.S. economic activity. Published on Liberty Street Economics, May 02 2016.

May 2016 · Jan J. J. Groen, Patrick Russo

Is Cheaper Oil Good News or Bad News for the U.S. Economy?

In this post, we use correlations of oil price changes with a broad array of financial variables to confirm that this recent fall in oil prices has been mostly the result of increased global oil supply. We then use a model to assess how this supply shock will affect U.S. economic conditions in 2015. Published on Liberty Street Economics, June 08 2015.

June 2015 · Jan J. J. Groen, Patrick Russo

A New Approach for Identifying Demand and Supply Shocks in the Oil Market

In this post, we describe an approach for decomposing oil price changes into supply and demand shocks using financial market data. Published on Liberty Street Economics, March 25 2013.

March 2013 · Jan J. J. Groen, Kevin McNeil, Menno Middeldorp