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Why Have a Strategic Petroleum Reserve?


Abstract: Calculating the effect of the recent drawdowns from the U.S. SPR is complex and raises the question of what purpose the SPR serves under current conditions.

https://doi.org/10.20955/es.2024.5

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Provider: Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

Part of Series: Economic Synopses

Publication Date: 2024-03-20

Issue: 5

Pages: 3 pages