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Weekly Commentary
Inflation: We Wish We Had Better News
April 1, 2022
As we observed in our comment last week, inflationary pressures are prompting a variety of responses from governments. This week in the US, the Biden administration announced it would release 180 million barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR). It will be the largest release in history, depleting nearly a third of the reserve. Despite this important news, little relief was seen in oil prices.