Everyone believes the energy shock is about oil. It isn’t. The most important price in energy today isn’t really the price of crude. It is the difference between crude oil and the fuel made from it—a number known as the crack spread.
And for diesel, that spread has absolutely exploded to record highs. Now what?
CHAPTERS:
0:00: It's Not Oil, It's Diesel
1:45: Crude vs Diesel and the Refinery Bottleneck
5:27: The Crack Spread Explained
7:13: Falling Fuel Demand
10:38: The Weakening Labor Market
13:31: Why Refiners Can't Just Make More
15:45: Retailers Are Cutting Prices
17:48: Peak Season, Record-Low Diesel Supply
19:13: Demand Destruction, Not Inflation
Eurodollar University's Money & Macro Analysis
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Eurodollar University Live 2
October 9-12, West Palm Beach, Florida
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mbyK0zBmUdk
https://www.facebook.com/FreightWaves/videos/fuel-surcharges-hit-post-war-high/995362180202422/
https://www.facebook.com/yahoofinance/videos/us-diesel-is-at-its-highest-price-since-peaking-in-april-during-the-initial-phas/1983606939022118/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KV9WNbDYvas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=l62qGJkGRgg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gSOyHFh0JeQ
https://www.facebook.com/KIII3News/videos/one-of-the-first-new-us-refineries-in-decades-set-to-break-ground-in-san-patrici/28365786599721611/
https://www.facebook.com/FreightWaves/videos/us-diesel-exports-smash-records-economic-impact/2210266723100605/
https://www.wsj.com/business/energy-oil/trump-wants-big-oil-to-build-more-refineries-thats-a-tough-sell-54666292
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-07-19/us-oil-refiners-are-running-so-hard-they-are-risking-breakdowns
https://www.facebook.com/cnbc/videos/america-is-building-its-first-new-oil-refinery-in-nearly-50-years/1771239487664827/
https://www.spglobal.com/energy/en/news-research/latest-news/refined-products/090126-us-gulf-coast-diesel-prices-hit-all-time-high-amid-global-supply-disruptions
https://www.eurodollar.university
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