Oil prices are likely to stay high to the end of 2018

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Emerging Market ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Wide Spread ◽  
Content Type ◽  
West Texas ◽  
Oil Exports ◽  
Market Expectations

Subject Outlook for the oil price. Significance OPEC’s decision not to raise production ahead of the re-imposition of US sanctions on Iranian oil exports in November has caused oil prices and market expectations to jump. Impacts US sanctions on Iranian exports are likely to cut global supply by up to 1.5 million barrels per day, twice the forecast earlier in 2018. The wide spread between the Brent and West Texas Intermediate (WTI) grades of crude oil will make US refining exports more competitive. Higher oil prices will raise prices and damage budget and trade balances in emerging-market net importers -- adding to mounting risks.

The optimal thermal causal path analysis on the relationship between international crude oil price and stock market

Kybernetes ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 47 (6) ◽  
pp. 1242-1261 ◽  
Author(s):  
Can Zhong Yao ◽  
Peng Cheng Kuang ◽  
Ji Nan Lin
Keyword(s):  
Stock Market ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Stock Markets ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Chinese Stock Market ◽  
Crude Oil Price ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Crude Oil Prices ◽  
Causal Path

Purpose The purpose of this study is to reveal the lead–lag structure between international crude oil price and stock markets. Design/methodology/approach The methods used for this study are as follows: empirical mode decomposition; shift-window-based Pearson coefficient and thermal causal path method. Findings The fluctuation characteristic of Chinese stock market before 2010 is very similar to international crude oil prices. After 2010, their fluctuation patterns are significantly different from each other. The two stock markets significantly led international crude oil prices, revealing varying lead–lag orders among stock markets. During 2000 and 2004, the stock markets significantly led international crude oil prices but they are less distinct from the lead–lag orders. After 2004, the effects changed so that the leading effect of Shanghai composite index remains no longer significant, and after 2012, S&P index just significantly lagged behind the international crude oil prices. Originality/value China and the US stock markets develop different pattens to handle the crude oil prices fluctuation after finance crisis in 1998.

OPEC deal would encourage US shale producer rally

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Gulf Of Mexico ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Eagle Ford Shale ◽  
Eagle Ford ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Service Companies ◽  
West Texas ◽  
The Us ◽  
Shale Recovery

Significance The US shale industry has emerged from the worst of the crude price downturn battered, but also leaner and more efficient. Many shale producers are eager to return to growth, buoyed by a more stable oil price at around 50 dollars per barrel. However, oil prices need to rise somewhat higher still to give enough of a jolt to the industry to see US oil production return to meaningful growth. Impacts Oilfield service companies, especially fracking specialists, stand to gain if shale drilling activity picks up on the back of higher prices. The Permian shale in West Texas will lead any US shale recovery, due to its lower costs and large reserves, boosting the region’s economy. The Bakken and Eagle Ford shale plays will follow the Permian shale in a price recovery. Prices above 70 dollars per barrel would probably be required for investment to return to Gulf of Mexico deepwater projects.

Iran nuclear deal could test European unity

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
National Security ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Crude Oil Prices ◽  
European Unity ◽  
Oil Exports ◽  
Trading Partners

Significance The recent appointments of Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Advisor John Bolton, both critics of the deal, could contribute to Trump’s willingness to withdraw -- despite progress in consultations between Washington and its European allies to address US concerns. Impacts The reluctance of financial institutions to enter Iran’s market makes it difficult for firms to secure financing for their Iran operations. US secondary sanctions would have a particularly negative impact on Iran’s top European trading partners: Italy, France, Germany and Spain. A snapback of US sanctions would cut Iranian oil exports and push up crude oil prices.

Oil prices complicate Latin America outlook

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Crude Oil ◽  
Investment Decisions ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Price Impact ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Crude Oil Prices ◽  
The World ◽  
Alternative Energies

Subject 'Winners' and 'losers' from the recent collapse in oil prices. Significance The recent precipitate fall in crude oil prices, with the Brent crude price falling below 50 dollars/barrel in January (less than half its September 2014 level), is clearly having a major impact around the world. In Latin America, which includes both oil importing and exporting countries, there will be winners and losers from this development, although in some cases the oil price impact is likely to prove more nuanced. Impacts Plunging oil prices are compounding doubts surrounding the regional hydrocarbons sector. The effect on investment decisions will have a longer-term impact on the region. The development of alternative energies in Latin America will be hit by the lower prices.

Colombia's oil sector will weather price slump

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Extended Period ◽  
Oil Industry ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Infrastructure Investment ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Crude Oil Production ◽  
Oil Sector

Subject The Colombian oil sector. Significance Colombia's oil industry has been a success story, with crude oil production running at close to 1 million barrels per day (b/d) and playing an important part in the country's economy. However, that very success and its positive economic impact is now creating real challenges for the country, following the precipitate fall in the global oil price. Impacts As the transition to peace reduces pipeline vulnerability, infrastructure investment may increase. Improved refining capacity will reduce Colombia's reliance on diesel and petrol imports, and may enable higher-value exports. An extended period of low oil prices could encourage more diversification and investment in other sectors.

scholarly journals Implications of Oil Price Fluctuations for Tourism Receipts: The Case of Oil Exporting Countries

Energies ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 13 (17) ◽  
pp. 4349
Author(s):  
Siamand Hesami ◽  
Bezhan Rustamov ◽  
Husam Rjoub ◽  
Wing-Keung Wong
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Granger Causality ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Significant Finding ◽  
Price Fluctuations ◽  
Long Run ◽  
Equilibrium Relationship ◽  
Oil Exports ◽  
Systematic Understanding

This study investigates the influence of oil prices on tourism income in countries that heavily relied on crude oil exports from 2000 to 2017. We found that oil prices and tourism receipts are cointegrated, revealing the existence of their long-run equilibrium relationship. Another significant finding to emerge from this study is the presence of a unidirectional Granger causality that runs from the oil prices to the tourism receipts. The results of the current study are of particular importance for policymakers who operate in oil-exporting countries. The implications provide a systematic understanding of the effect of oil price fluctuations on tourism income which can benefit investors greatly by enabling them to hedge against oil price fluctuations and plan for their tourism business and policymakers by enabling them to set policies to stabilize oil price fluctuations and plan for tourism development, correspondingly.

The asymmetry effect of oil price changes on inflation, and the welfare implication for Ghana

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Richard K. Ayisi
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Price Changes ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Welfare Implication ◽  
Asymmetric Response ◽  
Crude Oil Prices ◽  
The Asymmetry

PurposeHigh inflation levels remain a challenge in macroeconomic stabilization policies among developing economies. Oil price is identified as an important driver of inflation. In the wake of high and unstable international oil prices, the question regarding the relationship between inflation and crude oil prices, and its implication for economic welfare has become a fundamental empirical issue.Design/methodology/approachThis question is explored by estimating a non-linear autoregressive distribution lags (NARDL) model of inflation-oil nexus that examined the asymmetric response of inflation to oil price changes. The study then derived the welfare implication of the asymmetric responses, with implications for the petroleum pricing regime in Ghana.FindingsThe study found that inflation responds asymmetrically to oil prices in the long-run but not in the short-run. The welfare cost associated with the asymmetric response increases with increasing rate.Practical implicationsThe findings of this study have some implications for petroleum product pricing in Ghana. Recently, Ghana has moved from regulating petroleum prices to the automatic adjustment system. By this policy, petroleum prices change in tandem with the crude oil prices and exchange rates on the international market. Whiles this policy might be comparatively efficient, the evidence of asymmetric response of inflation to changes in oil prices raises some issues about the welfare effect of the policy.Originality/valueThe paper contributes to the literature on the inflation-oil price nexus by investigating critical questions that remain puzzling. These questions include; Does inflation respond asymmetrically to the positive and negative shock of equal magnitude in oil prices? Does inflation response to the asymmetry changes in oil prices have any implications for the welfare of the country? Is the effect of oil price changes pernicious?

Integration of oil with macroeconomic indicators and policy challenges in regard to Oman

2020 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 172-192
Author(s):  
Aravind M. ◽  
Jayaram Nayar
Keyword(s):  
Resource Curse ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Real Sector ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Oil Exports ◽  
Oil Export ◽  
Macroeconomic Indicators ◽  
The Impact

Purpose The Oman economy is dominated by production and export of petroleum products and an overdependence on oil revenue, which may have contributed to the continuance of the “resource curse” phenomenon. The purpose of this research is to examine the co-integration of oil with macroeconomic indicators of Oman and of suggesting some policy reform measures to trim down overdependence on oil. Design/methodology/approach The authors culled out data from the annual reports published by the Central Bank of Oman from 1975 to 2016. Considering oil price and oil export volume as regressors, the long-term integration with other macroeconomic indicators was examined by using the bound test. Further, auto regressive distributed lag (ARDL) model was also derived to check the impact of these cross-sectional relations. Findings Oil price is observed to have a strong long-term significant relation with all the macroeconomic variables used in this study. However, the volumes of oil exports do not appear to have significant influence on GDP and consumption but do naturally sway other variables. This indicates that less elasticity of consumption to the flow of macro income, because the consumption in the Omani economy is driven by perceived future income. Oil export revenue is not seems to be much impacting on the real sector as the deficits are funded by the government through compensatory spending. Oil prices and oil exports have exhibited a strong long-term integration with variables such as gross domestic savings (GDS), credit to government (C2G), credit to private (C2P), demand deposits (DD) and time deposits (TD). This hints that oil boom does constitute the key source of funding of the financial sector of Oman. Research limitations/implications This study offers a generalized submission to support the real sector of Oman to lead out of a resource curse through diversification. The study however does not provide industrial groupings to assess the impact of fluctuations in oil prices. Originality/value This research has confirmed the existence of “resource movement” effect and “spending effect” in Oman economy. The nation needs to take radical measures to come out of this phenomenon. For addressing this we have suggested the modified version of Shumpeterian model of creative destruction. In this model we call for demolishing the oil dependent structure with a diversification structure. The new move can bring more positive effect on real and financial sectors of the economy.

Oil price drop will bring Japan huge unearned gains

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Capital Goods ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Past ◽  
Bank Of Japan

Subject The effect of low oil prices on Japan. Significance Japan is the world's third-largest user of oil and it imports virtually all the oil it uses. It is therefore among the economies with most to gain from the recent decline in the price of crude oil by around 60 dollars per barrel from the past four years' average of some 110 dollars. The effects on Japan's economy, society and politics are already beginning to be felt. Impacts Although Japan overall will be a net beneficiary, some capital goods manufacturers and exporters to oil-producing countries will suffer. CPI will shrink at about 1%, and the Bank of Japan will need to decide how to respond. LNG prices, down 20% since April 2014, will reinforce the effects from oil, but may not last as long.

scholarly journals Dynamics of oil price shocks and emerging stock market volatility: a generalized VAR approach

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Megha Agarwalla ◽  
Tarak Nath Sahu ◽  
Shib Sankar Jana
Keyword(s):  
Crude Oil ◽  
Granger Causality ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Price ◽  
Oil Prices ◽  
Oil Price ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Crude Oil Prices ◽  
Time Period

Purpose This study aims to establish the dynamic relationship between international crude oil prices and Indian stock prices represented by the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) energy index. Design/methodology/approach Using Johansen’s cointegration test, vector error correction (VEC) model, impulse response function and variance decomposition test the study tries to ascertain the short-term and long-term dynamic association between the oil price shock and the movement of stock price and Granger causality test is applied to find out the nature of causality. Findings Considering vector autoregression estimation, the present study analyzes the relationship between the variables and tries to make a valid conclusion. The result of the co-integration test exhibits the presence of a long-term association between these two macro-economic variables during the period under study. Also, in the short-run VEC Granger causality result reveals that the movement of international crude oil price significantly influences the Indian stock price. Research limitations/implications To get a more robust result the study can be further extended by taking a longer time period with data of shorter time-frequency such as daily or weekly and further by using more sophisticated econometric and statistical tools. Further, the study can be extended to firm-level investigation considering the forward trading concentration with the Indian oil basket. Social implications In today’s globalized era, forecasting of share price movement helps investors in predicting the market and invest accordingly. Through this liquidity of the markets enhance and markets become more active in the global arena. Originality/value This study represents fresh findings in the changing time period the linkage between crude oil prices and stock prices which are of value to the academicians, researchers, policymakers, investors, market regulators, etc.

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