Just in time for the midterms: gas prices reach highest level since April

 

Photo by Retiring Guy (10/24/2026)

Headline:  New York Times, 10/23/2026)

Joe Rennison reports on the impact on oil prices as a result of Trump's War of Whimsy:

Oil prices rose further on Friday, as hostilities across the Middle East continue to raise fears in the energy markets that the oil supply from the region would remain throttled. 

The price of Brent crude, the international oil benchmark, rose to $116.72 a barrel on Friday, taking its increase for the week to 6.2 percent, its biggest weekly rise in two months.  [emphasis added]

Brent prices have risen 60 percent since the United States and Israel launched attacks on Iran on Feb. 28 and are now at their highest level since April, and close to their highest levels since the war began. 

WTI, the U.S. benchmark, topped $103 a barrel on Friday, up more than 50 percent since the start of the war.

  

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