Posts tagged with #macroeconomics

Instead of assuming oil explains everything, I used FRED data to test where it's actually statistically significant — across inflation, unemployment, payrolls, industrial production, and GDP. The results were more nuanced than the headlines suggest.

National average gas prices hit $3.84/gallon — a 32% jump in one month. I ran a normalized comparison of Brent crude against major oil producers to understand what the market is actually pricing in.