| Debt Free News Oil price to rise again next week January 2, 2007 If you are one of the millions of people in the US that are trying to become debt free, the price of oil definitely concerns you. In the news today, we are learning that the price of oil will be increasing again in what many debt free consumers are calling the biggest see saw of the decade. Just when we started to think the price of oil deceasing was going to be for awhile and the price at the pump was going to stay lower – we get hit with another increase in the price of oil. Today, we are learning in the debt free news world that the price of a barrel of oil will be heading up to just under fifty three dollars. As it stands, the price of oil is predicted to rebound by about one dollar per barrel next week. Most of the debt free news information we get here at this site regarding this issue is that many economist are not jumping the gun to say that this rise in price means a long trend of higher prices. This eases the stress for many of our debt free lifestyle readers for sure. In fact, as it stands the market is still about thirteen percent lower that the year before. Many of our readers who may have extra credit card debt due to the higher price of gas at the pump are definitely concerned about paying off debt, many have had to get debt consolidation loans to carry them through this economic time. The reason we are seeing another spike in the price of oil coming this week is that traders are buying into the oil market in much heavier numbers than the recent past – this causes the price of crude to increase which in turn raises the price at the pump for our debt free readers. Many traders increase their purchases at the end of the week so it will be interesting to see what happens next week, but w believe firmly that the price will increase by about a buck a barrel. Many analysts are saying that they believe oil prices will drop back to nearly forty bucks a barrel in the near future. As it stands, out debt free news department has been watching oil trends and have noticed that OPEC has had some issue with maintaining its rebound prices. Meaning, when the price of oil per barrel increases, it does not remain high for very long. This is another comfort to those struggling with debt. The demand for energy in general all over the world is obviously higher than ever. The demand for oil is high and getting higher despite the need to reduce it. It is interesting that people in the US keep on buying huge gas guzzling cars when they have been in more debt than usual due to gas prices. Many of our readers on this debt free site have said that they still see a great amount of large SUVs on the road even though gas is remaining higher – or at least pretty stable. Some of our debt free readers may understand that heating oil has risen in price due to the bad weather they have witnessed in the country as of late. We are certain that the blizzards in Colorado and elsewhere in the US this winter season have contributed to a spike in the need for oil. Also in debt free news, we are reading that some analysts are predicting that OPEC is planning to make further cuts. If so, we will see a spike in price once again as supply will effect demand. (620) |