Oil producers are the convenient inflation-villains, not central banks (
Associated Press):
Arab members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries said at a meeting in Cairo over the weekend that the full group would likely not meet until June to discuss production quota policy. OPEC, which accounts for about 40 percent of global crude output, left quotas unchanged at a meeting earlier this month.
Some analysts are concerned that higher oil prices, which have jumped almost 30 percent since September, could fuel inflation and undermine global economic growth. China raised its benchmark lending rate Saturday for a second time in two months in a bid to ease growing inflation pressures.
"High oil prices were one of the contributors to the last global crisis," JBC Energy said in a report. "The largest effect of an oil price shock on the economy occurs around three to four quarters after the price spike."
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