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Monday, September 15, 2025
TopicOil Prices

Topic: Oil Prices

COVID-19: Kaushik Basu wants global ‘task force’ & Bahar Dutt sees a silver lining

Today’s political, economic & strategic punditry from Kaushik Basu, Sajjid Z. Chinoy, Somasekhar Sundaresan and Arvind Panagariya.

Global economic chaos of 2020 can’t match 2008 but the gut punch feels familiar

The panic that comes with uncontrollable loss of years of meticulously amassed wealth has activated muscle memory for people who were around in 2008.

America’s status as petroleum exporter at risk as oil prices plunge

The U.S. only in recent months began exporting more petroleum than it imports, a shift fueled by record shale production in fields such as the Permian Basin.

What really led to oil prices crash that hit the stock markets

In Episode 410 of #CutTheClutter, Shekhar Gupta lays out the factors that have come together to cause the current market crisis.

Oil recovers some losses after supply and demand shock in record-making volatile market

Saudi Arabia slashed its official crude pricing over the weekend and is threatening to raise output to record levels, while Russia’s largest producer said it will ramp up production next month.

Inflation set to breach 6% limit today as rising oil price is the new threat

Oil rose above $70 a barrel last week amid US-Iran tensions, and while they’ve since eased, prices remain elevated compared to last year.

Oil prices won’t rise for long despite Iran’s attack on US bases

For oil prices to rise to a permanently higher plateau, supply needs to be tightened at the wellhead. That won’t happen imminently.

How Modi govt’s budget could be affected by US air strikes to kill Iranian general

Oil prices rose close to $70 a barrel in international markets after US air strikes killed Qassem Soleimani, an Iranian general.

At least 106 killed in Iranian protests against fuel price hike, Amnesty says

Thousands have taken to the streets in many Iranian cities after authorities increased petrol prices by as much as 300% last week.

India asks OPEC not to cut oil production, seeks better commercial terms

In a meeting with OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Oil Minister Dharmendra Pradhan pitched for better terms like reduction in selling price and extension of credit period.

On Camera

Manipur has seen too much pain to be seduced by promises

Nehru learned the truth the hard way when 3,000 Nagas walked out of his 1953 rally. The people of the Northeast aren’t easily seduced by baubles.

What’s behind bond yields’ logic-defying spike? The market’s concern over the future

While bond yields tend to fall amid low inflation & interest rate cuts, market experts say they’ve been rising due to concerns over tax collections, fiscal deficit & potential impact of US tariffs.

Navy gets first Tata-made Spanish 3D surveillance radar for its warships, 19 more to come

It is one of the most advanced long-range air defence and anti-missile radars. It has been acquired under an about USD 145-million deal signed in 2020.

Gen Zs have taken down the Nepal regime. Here’s why this will never happen in India

To be truly functional and durable, even eternal, a state doesn’t just need a leader, a party or an ideology. It needs functional and robust institutions.