Anuj Agarwal

Economist. Tweets are personal.

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Oil markets may be tight today, but high prices can change tomorrow’s supply picture.

The West Asia conflict has kept crude prices volatile, especially in spot and near-dated contracts. Yet longer-dated Brent futures have remained comparatively stable, suggesting markets are less worried about the medium-term outlook.

That may be because commodity markets respond to scarcity. Sustained high prices can encourage new production, alternative supply routes, storage build-up and infrastructure investment. Energy security is now a higher priority for many governments than pure cost optimisation.

The near-term risks are still serious. Disrupted supply routes, depleted inventories and uncertainty around the Strait of Hormuz can keep prices supported and trigger sharp spikes.

But the longer the shock lasts, the stronger the incentive to diversify away from vulnerable chokepoints and add capacity.

Read Anuj Agarwal’s debut column for BasisPoint: Why Oil Price Spike May Trigger Supply Wave
https://t.co/ZEwgLs2v5c

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#OilPrices #EnergySecurity #SupplyShock #OilMarkets

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BEST buses making unauthorised U-Turns and causing traffic jams near Terminal 2. ⁦@CPMumbaiPolice⁩ ⁦@mumbaitraffic⁩ ⁦@MTPHereToHelp⁩

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Can we have better management of the vegetable Mandi at Dadar on Senapati Bapat Marg? It’s causing 20mins jams of stand still traffic even at 730am!
@MumbaiPolice @mumbaitraffic @CPMumbaiPolice

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@MumbaiPolice @mumbaitraffic @CPMumbaiPolice

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Need better traffic management on MIDC central road SEEPZ. Illegally parked cars, tempos and buses occupy a full lane. Vehicles making U-Turns at every intersection. Can we have more policing at least in peak hours?
@mumbaitraffic @MumbaiPolice @CPMumbaiPolice

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Two wheelers and 3 wheelers coming on the wrong side everyday at JB Nahar metro station signal.
@MumbaiPolice @mumbaitraffic @CPMumbaiPolice

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@bookingcom Done.
Please look in to the matter and resolve it at the earliest

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Defrauded by @bloom_hotels on @bookingcom. Received a message from @bloom_hotels via the "Message the Property" channel on @bookingcom to revalidate the card to confirm the booking.
@CPMumbaiPolice @jagograhakjago @consaff

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@bloom_hotels @bookingcom @bloom_hotels @bookingcom @jagograhakjago @consaff @RBI @CPMumbaiPolice @MahaCyber1

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@bloom_hotels @bookingcom @bloom_hotels customer care team denies any responsibility. @bloom_hotels team says we do not use the @bookingcom channel to communicate with the customers, says @bookingcom is sending messages to customers on @bloom_hotels behalf.

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@MrJamesMay

Learnt you are going to be in India for 7 weeks from DriveTribe.

Plans to visit Mumbai?

Big Fan!

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@MTPHereToHelp

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Concrete blocks being moved and turned to make illegal turns on Saki Vihar road near Saki Naka Junction. Causing heavy traffic jams and safety hazard for straight and fast moving traffic.
@MumbaiPolice

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@MTPHereToHelp 4V4Q+X58 Mumbai, Maharashtra

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@MTPHereToHelp Resulting traffic jam

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@MTPHereToHelp No improvement. Still the same

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AI-806 BOM-DEL 21 Jun 2023.
Boarded at 7am. No AC or Fan till 8am. Passengers nauseating and using safety instruction card to fan. Food crumbs all over seats and trays. Dirty floor carpets and head rest covers.

@airindia @DGCAIndia

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@MTPHereToHelp @MumbaiPolice
No improvement in situation at all. All 2 wheelers and 3 wheelers still coming in from thing wrong side and blocking traffic towarddd Bisleri

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@MumbaiPolice
Blatant violation of Traffic lights and rules everyday throughout the day at JB Nagar Metro Station Junction, causing heavy jams and accidents