Oil Risk Premium Shifts to Structural Feature, Standard Chartered Warns
Source Summary
Emily Ashford, head of energy research at Standard Chartered Bank, stated that the oil market will not return to pre-crisis conditions. The bank's analysis indicates that risk premiums in oil pricing have become a permanent structural feature rather than a temporary phenomenon.
Why it matters
A structural risk premium in oil markets signals that geopolitical and supply-chain uncertainties are now permanently embedded in energy pricing, affecting global inflation and economic planning.
