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Everything Trump Touches Dies: Oil Edition

Futures curves and Fed rate cuts.

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Jonathan V. Last
Mar 10, 2026
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1. Futures

At the end of January, oil was $65 per barrel. As I’m writing it’s $89 per barrel. That’s bad. But it’s not the worst signal. No, that would be the futures curve showing where the market expects oil prices to be this summer:

Before you think I’m getting carried away, $80 oil in JULY would be a huge problem.

Let me explain how royally Donald Trump has fucked the American economy.

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