Oil prices are not a recession signal
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Dollar edges up; gold up ~1%; bitcoin jumps >4%; crude dips
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OIL PRICES ARE NOT A RECESSION SIGNAL
Crude prices dipped on Tuesday, on a report that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will hold a meeting for a diplomatic solution to the war in Lebanon.
The decline comes after crude tumbled 6% in the prior session, its sharpest one-day drop since July 2022, after Saturday's retaliatory strike by Israel against Iran's military bypassed oil and nuclear facilities.
After peaking at nearly $130 in March 2022, crude has largely declined steadily, partially on dollar strength and worries about slowing global economies sapping demand.
But Nicholas Colas, co-founder of DataTrek Research in New York, points out that lower oil prices are not a recession signal and that occasional year-over-year declines are a "common feature of mid-cycle environments and not one that signals an imminent slowdown."
Colas said the real issue stems from when oil prices jump by 80% to 100% over a year and "aside from 2021's snapback, every time that has happened we've had a recession or already been in one."
(Chuck Mikolajczak)
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