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BumRushDaShow

(168,646 posts)
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:02 PM 6 hrs ago

Broad agreement in G7 not to release oil reserves just yet, says G7 official

Source: Reuters

March 9, 2026 11:11 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago


BRUSSELS, March 9 (Reuters) - There was broad agreement among the Group of Seven finance ministers ​on Monday not to release strategic oil ‌reserves just yet, a G7 official said.

G7 finance ministers held a teleconference earlier on Monday ​to discuss a response to the ​overnight surge in oil prices caused ⁠by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.

They said ​in a statement they were ready to ​take "necessary measures" to support the global supply of energy, including the release of stockpiles, but stopped ​short of doing it now.

"There was broad ​consensus on this," one G7 official with insight into ‌the ⁠G7 finance ministers' discussions told Reuters. "It was not that someone was against, it's just about timing. More analysis is needed," ​the official ​said.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/broad-agreement-g7-not-release-oil-reserves-just-yet-says-g7-official-2026-03-09/

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Broad agreement in G7 not to release oil reserves just yet, says G7 official (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 6 hrs ago OP
Wait wait wait dweller 6 hrs ago #1
Yea, wait a minute............. Lovie777 6 hrs ago #2
In other words WSHazel 6 hrs ago #3
And yet at 3:30 the Dow surges into positive territory. Arthur_Frain 5 hrs ago #4

Lovie777

(22,743 posts)
2. Yea, wait a minute.............
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:10 PM
6 hrs ago

very early this morning I read that the G7 was going to release 400 million barrels.

WSHazel

(713 posts)
3. In other words
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 02:11 PM
6 hrs ago

No one believes Trump and everyone is holding their cards close to their vest in case there are more shenanigans coming.

Arthur_Frain

(2,310 posts)
4. And yet at 3:30 the Dow surges into positive territory.
Mon Mar 9, 2026, 03:29 PM
5 hrs ago

Oil still at $96/bbl.

I do not understand the Dow at all, even though I know it no longer represents American prosperity in any meaningful way.

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