“The economy has shown tremendous resilience in the face of energy prices so far. But this latest spike will have a noticeable effect in the next couple of months.”
David Greenlaw
“There is certainly more going on than just hurricanes and a resulting spike in gasoline prices, ... could weigh on people's attitudes.”
Patrick Fearon
“My sense is there's going be another price spike.”
Frank Verrastro
“Additionally, the hurricane season kicks off in June and is likely to usher in upside price spikes whenever satellite imagery picks up any whiff of hurricane activity in the warm waters of the south-central Atlantic.”
Edward Meir
“The commission is very conscious of the swift and severe price spikes that occurred immediately before and after Katrina made landfall.”
John Seesel
“We expect severe price spikes over the next two years following years of underinvestment by the industry, unexpected demand shocks from China and other emerging economies, supply disruptions to existing mines and a lack of response in bringing on new supply.”
Jeremy Gray
“We have not been willing to believe that the spike we'd seen in commodity prices was permanent.”
Bill Nygren