barrel

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Consulting firm Eurasia Group expects prices to stay above $80 a barrel this year, even if hostilities end.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Brent crude could end the year near around $80 a barrel, Capital Economics analyst Neil Shearing said Wednesday as he updated his forecasts.

From Barron's • Apr. 8, 2026

Without a resolution, the current crisis threatened to send oil prices rocketing as high as $167 a barrel by October and to add nearly 1.5 percentage points to the inflation rate, the Dallas Fed added.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 8, 2026

Oil prices plunged below $100 a barrel and Asia markets and U.S. stock futures jumped after the U.S. and Iran agreed to a 2-week ceasefire that includes the reopening of Strait of Hormuz.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2026

I lower my shoulder, shoot through the force field, and barrel into the creature with all my body’s strength— just as Dad taught me when he tried and failed to teach me football.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer