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Friday, November 14, 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

How Nitish Kumar turned all rules of voter behaviour on their head

The conventional wisdom is that if a govt fails to improve the lot of the voters, it is punished. Kumar presided over an economic disaster for 20 years and was re-elected by a landslide.

Wealth nears $99 trillion, still Asia’s rich don’t have succession plans

Much of this wealth is tied to founder-led businesses that employ millions and help anchor regional economies.

Turkey blocks transport of Apache choppers to India through its airspace, new route being worked out

Indian govt officials last month skipped Turkish National Day celebrations in Delhi, in a message to Ankara following its support for Islamabad, particularly during Operation Sindoor.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.