Download or read book Coping with High Oil Prices written by Robert Bamberger and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coping With High Oil Prices written by and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Owing to a tightness in crude oil supply and accelerated drawdown of oil inventories, the price of home heating oil in the Northeast and diesel fuel rose sharply during the winter of 1999-2000. Gasoline prices soon followed. In the weeks prior to a scheduled late March meeting in Vienna, some Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) producers indicated an inclination to raise production, but there was no firm consensus how much they might be inclined to boost it, or what the schedule for these increases would be. In the meantime, concerns were raised that additional production might reach markets too late to ward off even higher prices for gasoline in the spring and summer. The Clinton Administration resisted any high profile intervention that would affect prices, preferring instead to try to persuade OPEC to agree to raise the oil production targets that had been agreed to in March 1999. Secretary of Energy Richardson met with a number of oil ministers in late February and March 2000, indicating that producing nations were recognizing the jeopardy to the world economy of prolonged high prices and volatility. On March 28, 2000, OPEC agreed to boost production. While some expect production worldwide to increase roughly 2.0 million barrels daily as a result, many continue to press for action from Congress and the Administration that would provide some relief from high prices, and forestall a similar doubling in fuel prices in the future. Among these have been: lifting a portion of the federal excise tax on gasoline - or all of it, if the price exceeds a specified threshold (S. 2285, H.R. 3749, H.R. 4111); assistance to domestic producers, and reconsideration of opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) to leasing; legislation to impose sanctions on nations determined by the President to be engaged in oil price fixing (H.R. 3822); sanctions language was dropped before House passage, March 22 (382-38); drawdown, or a ''swap'' of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), an option which the Administration has strongly resisted; establishment of a regional reserve of home heating oil (S. 2047, H.R. 3608), endorsed by the President on March 18, 2000, and passed by the House on April 12, 2000, in H.R. 2884; approving an additional $600 million in emergency funds (H.R. 3908) for the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). Some argue that intervention in markets to affect prices is unwarranted in the present situation, and that high prices are temporary and are, in the meantime, attracting product to where it is needed.
Download or read book The Distributional Implications of the Impact of Fuel Price Increases on Inflation written by Mr. Kangni R Kpodar and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2021-11-12 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper investigates the response of consumer price inflation to changes in domestic fuel prices, looking at the different categories of the overall consumer price index (CPI). We then combine household survey data with the CPI components to construct a CPI index for the poorest and richest income quintiles with the view to assess the distributional impact of the pass-through. To undertake this analysis, the paper provides an update to the Global Monthly Retail Fuel Price Database, expanding the product coverage to premium and regular fuels, the time dimension to December 2020, and the sample to 190 countries. Three key findings stand out. First, the response of inflation to gasoline price shocks is smaller, but more persistent and broad-based in developing economies than in advanced economies. Second, we show that past studies using crude oil prices instead of retail fuel prices to estimate the pass-through to inflation significantly underestimate it. Third, while the purchasing power of all households declines as fuel prices increase, the distributional impact is progressive. But the progressivity phases out within 6 months after the shock in advanced economies, whereas it persists beyond a year in developing countries.
Download or read book Coping with Higher Oil Prices written by Robert Bacon and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coping with Oil Price Volatility written by Robert Bacon and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oil Price Developments Drivers Economic Consequences and Policy Responses written by Nadine Pahl and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-03-27 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,0, University of Applied Sciences Berlin, course: General Economics, language: English, abstract: Oil prices are an important determinant of global economic performance. Crude Oil prices ranged between $2.50/bbl and $3.00/bbl from 1948 through the end of the 1960s. As of this day, the price for crude oil is $89.82/bbl. In general, spikes in oil prices are not unusual and are, to some extent, symptomatic of a gradual upward trend in daily oil price volatility. Volatile prices arise from supply and demand that are both highly inelastic in the short run, with the result that even small shocks can have large effects on price. But especially within the last few years, the oil price has continuously increased sharply – and to some extent unexpected. This recent sharp increase in the oil price prompts several questions: Why have oil prices risen? What is the impact on the global economy and on individual countries? How do oil importing countries cope with the higher prices? What are appropriate policy responses to stabilise the economy in face of high oil prices? And last but not least, what role does the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries really play? To begin with, there is no doubt that the recent increase in oil price is mainly demand driven, combined with historically low excess capacity and heightened concerns about supply disruptions. And even without macroeconomic knowledge, everyone is aware that higher oil prices affect the economy as a whole and all its market participants. In the following, this paper analyses in detail the current main oil price drivers, their economic consequences and the possible policy responses - always framed by the volatility and uncertainty that characterise the oil market.
Download or read book Oil Price Developments Drivers Economic Consequences and Policy Responses written by Nadine Pahl and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2009-04-16 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Economic Policy, grade: 1,0, University of Applied Sciences Berlin, course: General Economics, language: English, abstract: Oil prices are an important determinant of global economic performance. Crude Oil prices ranged between $2.50/bbl and $3.00/bbl from 1948 through the end of the 1960s. As of this day, the price for crude oil is $89.82/bbl. In general, spikes in oil prices are not unusual and are, to some extent, symptomatic of a gradual upward trend in daily oil price volatility. Volatile prices arise from supply and demand that are both highly inelastic in the short run, with the result that even small shocks can have large effects on price. But especially within the last few years, the oil price has continuously increased sharply - and to some extent unexpected. This recent sharp increase in the oil price prompts several questions: Why have oil prices risen? What is the impact on the global economy and on individual countries? How do oil importing countries cope with the higher prices? What are appropriate policy responses to stabilise the economy in face of high oil prices? And last but not least, what role does the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries really play? To begin with, there is no doubt that the recent increase in oil price is mainly demand driven, combined with historically low excess capacity and heightened concerns about supply disruptions. And even without macroeconomic knowledge, everyone is aware that higher oil prices affect the economy as a whole and all its market participants. In the following, this paper analyses in detail the current main oil price drivers, their economic consequences and the possible policy responses - always framed by the volatility and uncertainty that characterise the oil market.
Download or read book Coping with Falling Oil Prices The Different Fortunes of African Banks written by Cheikh A. Gueye and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper studies the impact of declining oil prices on banks in sub-Saharan African oil-exporting countries. Results indicate that banks respond differently to an oil shock depending on their ownership: (i) domestic banks are the most adversely impacted and experience a deterioration in asset quality and liquidity; (ii) foreign-owned banks are the most resilient as they are able to improve asset quality and attract deposits but at the same time, they decelerate credit growth; in contrast, (iii) Pan-African Banks help stabilize overall credit but large banks in that segment experience reduced asset quality. These differentiated results suggest a tradeoff between maintaining credit growth and safeguarding financial stability in an oil slump which could be addressed by both micro- and macroprudential policies.
Download or read book Reforming Fuel Pricing in an Age of 100 Oil written by Masami Kojima and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coping with Oil Price Increase written by Sittie Hannisha M. Butocan and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Examining Solutions to Cope with the Rise in Home Heating Oil Prices written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coping with Falling Oil Prices The Different Fortunes of African Banks written by Cheikh A. Gueye and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2019-06-17 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This paper studies the impact of declining oil prices on banks in sub-Saharan African oil-exporting countries. Results indicate that banks respond differently to an oil shock depending on their ownership: (i) domestic banks are the most adversely impacted and experience a deterioration in asset quality and liquidity; (ii) foreign-owned banks are the most resilient as they are able to improve asset quality and attract deposits but at the same time, they decelerate credit growth; in contrast, (iii) Pan-African Banks help stabilize overall credit but large banks in that segment experience reduced asset quality. These differentiated results suggest a tradeoff between maintaining credit growth and safeguarding financial stability in an oil slump which could be addressed by both micro- and macroprudential policies.
Download or read book Mitigating Vulnerability to High and Volatile Oil Prices written by Rigoberto Ariel Yépez-García and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2012-07-10 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book addresses the need of oil-importing countries to mitigate vulnerability to oil price volatility. It offers financial instruments to manage price risk, complemented by structural measures designed to reduce oil consumption.
Download or read book Food Price Volatility and Its Implications for Food Security and Policy written by Matthias Kalkuhl and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-12 with total page 620 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides fresh insights into concepts, methods and new research findings on the causes of excessive food price volatility. It also discusses the implications for food security and policy responses to mitigate excessive volatility. The approaches applied by the contributors range from on-the-ground surveys, to panel econometrics and innovative high-frequency time series analysis as well as computational economics methods. It offers policy analysts and decision-makers guidance on dealing with extreme volatility.
Download or read book Getting Energy Prices Right written by Ian W.H. Parry and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2014-07-22 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Energy taxes can produce substantial environmental and revenue benefits and are an important component of countries’ fiscal systems. Although the principle that these taxes should reflect global warming, air pollution, road congestion, and other adverse environmental impacts of energy use is well established, there has been little previous work providing guidance on how countries can put this principle into practice. This book develops a practical methodology, and associated tools, to show how the major environmental damages from energy can be quantified for different countries and used to design the efficient set of energy taxes.
Download or read book How to Adjust to a Large Fall in Commodity Prices written by Mr.Paulo A Medas and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2016-09-27 with total page 18 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resource-rich countries have to manage highly volatile commodity revenues. In periods of revenue booms there is a tendency for large spending scale-ups. When facing large and persistent reductions in commodity prices, some of these countries will need to adjust their budgets to the new reality. In many cases, overall surpluses turn into large fiscal deficits and borrowing costs tend to rise with the fall in commodity prices. This note discusses how to undertake large fiscal adjustments, which often tend to be protracted and with long-lasting impacts on growth. Consequently, the note also highlights how to better prepare for future booms and busts in commodity prices.
Download or read book Brookings Papers on Economic Activity Spring 2017 written by Janice Eberly and published by Brookings Institution Press. This book was released on 2017-10-10 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Brookings Papers on Economic Activity (BPEA) provides academic and business economists, government officials, and members of the financial and business communities with timely research on current economic issues.
