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West Texas Intermediate Crude Oil Up to $49.93 a Barrel on Tuesday
That was the highest price since February. Remember when oil futures contracts briefly went negative in April? Well they have had quite a rebound since, and are about to settle above $50 a barrel.
The latest rise came after the oil cartel OPEC reached an agreement with Russia and other large producers to keep production steady until March. Saudi Arabia will also cut supply.
Like all commodities, the price of oil is set by the intersection of supply and demand. The demand side of the equation remains well below where it was a year ago, because of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns across the globe. That has depressed travel and other uses of oil.
Costco Wholesale also reports its December 2020 sales and revenue on Wednesday. And on Monday, shareholders of
Peugeot vote on the automakers’ proposed merger of equals.
Economic data releases this week include December U.S. job numbers on Friday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics is expected to show an increase of 125,000 nonfarm payrolls, and an unemployment rate of 6.8%, which would be up from 6.7% in November.
Also out this week is the Institute for Supply Management’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index for December on Tuesday, followed by its Services equivalent on Thursday. On Wednesday, the Federal Open Market Committee releases minutes from its latest meeting in mid-December.