Breitbart Business Digest: Biden’s failed energy policy on display in OPEC+ Oil production cut

Breitbart Business Digest: Biden’s failed energy policy on display in OPEC+ Oil production cut

Biden’s Costly Broken Promise on Oil

The disastrous energy policy of the Biden administration was highlighted this week by the unexpected announcement of an oil production cut by Saudi Arabian-led OPEC+.

Oil prices surged by as much as eight percent on Monday. Even after dipping a bit on Tuesday, largely on fears of a more sluggish economy, the price of Brent Crude is above $84 a barrel, around 7.7 percent higher than it was on Friday.

Oil prices are predicted to keep rising. Goldman Sachs has oil reaching $95 a barrel by year-end. J.P. Morgan Chase has it going to $96 a barrel. After the Saudi announcement, some analysts pulled their estimates above $100 a barrel, perhaps as early as this summer.

That will mean higher prices at the gas pump for the summer driving season. 

The surprise decision to cut crude production followed indications from the Biden administration in late March that it was not interested in imminently refilling supplies depleted out of America’s

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