Just as the Federal Reserve is thought to use policy to protect equity markets, Saudi Arabia tries to manage crude oil prices by manipulating its production levels writes Phil Flynn of The PRICE Futures Group. You have heard about the so-called Fed put. That is a term that means the Federal Reserve has the markets back. If the markets or economy start to falter, the Fed’s plunge protection team will get into gear and adjust monetary policy to create a floor for the market. That in turn gives investors confidence to take on more risk because, even if the market gets weak, the Fed won’t allow it to crash. With the recent rebound in crude oil, traders are now talking about the Saudi put. That is that Saudi Arabia will not allow oil prices to fall and if it does, they will cut production accordingly. In fact, the Saudi announcement that they want $80 a barrel for crude, and that they will reduce their exports by 800,000 barrels-per-day is sending a signal to the market that the w...
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