Is Cheaper Oil Good News or Bad News for U.S. Economy?

Jan Groen and Patrick Russo

No 20150608b, Liberty Street Economics from Federal Reserve Bank of New York

Abstract: Oil prices have declined substantially since the summer of 2014. If these price declines reflect demand shocks, then this would suggest a slowdown in global economic activity. Alternatively, if the declines are driven by supply shocks, then the drop in prices might indicate a forthcoming boost in spending as firms and households benefit from lower energy costs. In this post, we use correlations of oil price changes with a broad array of financial variables to confirm that this recent fall in oil prices has been mostly the result of increased global oil supply. We then use a model to assess how this supply shock will affect U.S. economic conditions in 2015.

Keywords: Oil Prices; Oil Supply Shocks; Asset Prices; VAR models (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: E2 F00 G1 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015-06-08
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