Conrad Putzier

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WSJ What’s News · Where Are Oil Prices Heading? · 20 Sep 2026 podcast

Yeah, I mean, gas and diesel prices have shot through the roof.

Heating oil is up like crazy.

Airfares, which obviously depend on kerosene prices, are up.

So energy costs have really gone up for people.

And that's the big inflation story this year, right?

And in survey after survey, people say that they're really concerned about rising prices.

And this year at least, a lot of that's driven by energy.

Uh inflation's been hovering around three and a half percent.

If it wasn't for the war, it'd probably be around

2.5%, economists estimate.

So that's a pretty big difference.

Now, the interesting thing is that rising prices have been really concentrated in these very few categories: gas, diesel, airfare, heating oil, which means it's had a really targeted impact on some people and not on others.

So, for example, I live in New York City, I take the subway to work.

If I fly somewhere for a story, the journal pays for the plane ticket.

So I've basically felt almost nothing of this whole impact.

Impact.

But then again, if you drive to work, if you drive your kids to soccer practice, if you have a big car, it's been a huge pain for you.

And the same goes for regions, right?

There are some states like Wyoming that are very agricultural, where definitely no one takes the subway to work, right?

That are really feeling this a lot more than than other places.

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