Wowsers! Or perhaps “bowsers” would be a better exclamation. Last night’s strong US data put a 3% rocket under the oil price and with Libyan production remaining troubled and seemingly offline for the foreseeable future, oil is threatening to breakout suddenly:
Meanwhile, the same US data pushed up the Us dollar on taper possibilities and the already weak Aussie got crushed:
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The combination sent Aud oil to breakout highs at $121:
We’ve got record petrol prices coming down the pipe now.
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