US economy risks recession from 100-dollar oil: poll
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Oil prices at 100 dollars a barrel would push the US economy into recession, according to a survey of 195 economists.
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Stocks plunged on the first trading day of 2008 on Wednesday after oil hit $100 a barrel and U.S. manufacturing data showed signs of contraction, raising fears the economy may be heading into recession.
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Oil prices dipped on Thursday after leaping to a lifetime high of $100 the day before amid a new-year rush of investor demand fuelled by expectations of thinning U.S. stockpiles, the falling U.S. dollar and geopolitical risks.
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Americans are worried about the economy and fear housing woes and war spending could spark a recession, despite the interest rate cut this week that sent stock markets soaring.
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Oil rose to above $90 a barrel on Friday, lifted by a broader stock market rally as the United States confirmed an economic stimulus plan to ward off a recession in the world's top energy consumer.
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Top US economic forecasters are growing increasingly worried about the impact of surging oil prices on consumer and business spending in 2005, a survey released on Sunday showed.
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Oil fell 2.6 percent on Monday as warm U.S. weather and threats of a recession in the top energy consumer dragged prices further from the $100 record struck last week.
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Runaway oil prices, which briefly punched to an all-time high in New York, are pounding the US economy just 10 weeks ahead of presidential elections, analysts warned.
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High oil prices, which have been a factor in virtually all U.S. recessions over the past three decades, are surging again this year. And the higher crude oil prices climb, the more risk energy costs pose to what, until recently, many expected to be a banner year for the U.S. economy.
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NEW YORKâCrude oil hit $55 (US) a barrel yesterday as traders worried over thin heating oil inventories ahead of winter and Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan predicted the soaring costs would not crimp economic growth like in the 1970s.
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Business & money: US crude oil prices hit the psychological barrier of $100 a barrel for the first time today
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Oil retreated further from the $100 a barrel mark on Friday as gloomy U.S. jobs data heightened concern over the health of the U.S. economy.
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Banks wonât lend money. Oil has reached $100 a barrel. Unemployment is up. Whatâs a Fed chief to do?
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Top U.S. economic forecasters are  growing increasingly worried about the impact of surging oil  prices on consumer and business spending in 2005, a survey  released on Sunday showed.
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WASHINGTON -- High oil prices, a factor in virtually all US recessions over the past three decades, are surging again this year. And the higher crude oil prices climb, the more risk energy costs pose to what, until recently, many expected to be a banner year for the US economy.
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Oil fell on Thursday as traders took profits from a record rally that had pushed oil to the psychological $100 a barrel mark two days in a row -- a level that has raised a red flag over economic growth.
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The recent spike in oil prices has had some negative impact on the US economy, but the futures markets suggest that this will be a temporary phenomenon, a top Fed official said on Sunday.