Confidence falls as fuel prices climb
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WASHINGTON -- Confidence among consumers fell last month from a two-year high as fuel prices rose and employment weakened, a private report showed yesterday.
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Oil prices eased on Thursday but held near $61.50 a barrel after a climb the previous day on unexpectedly large falls in U.S. fuel inventories.
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U.S. retail gasoline prices declined  for a second week in a row while diesel fuel costs increased  slightly, the Energy Department said on Monday.
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Oil prices rose nearly $2 on Thursday  after a big fall in U.S. natural gas inventories triggered  renewed concerns about winter fuel stocks in the world's  biggest energy-consuming nation.
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Crude oil prices fell Wednesday amid expectations that U.S. fuel supply data will show that gasoline stocks rose last week.
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Oil prices are rising as hopes of a rise in production from next week's Opec meeting dwindle.
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Amid soaring crude oil prices, gasoline costs have been dropping. But don't expect that to last, economists say.
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Retail gasoline prices continued their slow retreat from their recent highs yesterday , but crude oil and gas futures advanced as concerns about refinery capacity persisted.
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Oil prices fell on Tuesday as an  expected increase in U.S. heating fuel supplies eased concerns  over an inventory crunch should this winter's weather prove  colder than normal.
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Factory gate prices rise less quickly than expected in November thanks to a drop in oil costs, figures show.
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Rising oil prices and interest rates have hit confidence in British service firms but manufacturers have recorded their best spell of orders for nine years, two new surveys showed today.
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Confidence among UK manufacturers has slipped in the face of slowing demand and higher costs, a survey has said. The CBI said the sector was facing &quot;clear threats&quot;, with profit margins under pressure from
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The price of oil has fallen as fears about interruptions to supplies being pumped out of Iraq eased slightly.
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Oil prices declined on international markets on Thursday as reassuring levels of natural gas stocks eased fears of a winter energy crunch in the United States.
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OIL prices tumbled yesterday as the market took fright at signals that the cost of energy may be choking back the rate of growth in the economy.
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Oil prices eased further on Thursday,  deepening the previous day's three percent slump after a  surprise increase in U.S. fuel stocks eased worries about  meeting peak winter demand.
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Confidence among UK manufacturers has slipped in the face of slowing demand and higher costs, a CBI survey says.