To Whom It May Concern:

Stocks and commodity prices are primary concern in the current liquidity crisis where business owners are cautious on new expenditures and wondering where the crisis will end. Slowing the demand for manufactured products and raw materials across the Globe.

Hopefully, by the action of US Treasury; businesses and banks will accommodate their capital needs, allowing consumers to more freely spend their money and not worry too much.

Another important point is the working capital much needed by businesses, where banks have raised the underwriting principals making harder the access of cash. It slows the apatite of new ventures or any increments in production.

I am very optimistic in regards of next year, once I believe this plan will be very successful in reviving the US economy, where by the way, has all fundamentals to succeed with the capital injection planed by the Government.

It will bring commodity prices back to normal prices and boost US stocks in the coming five years.

More importantly is the underwriting principal chances narrowing the credit access. Is good to remember that 750 billion dollars will be wisely spent not generating inflation or commodities baubles.

Best Regards,
Leo

Crude oil barrel prices at $147 were driven not by fundamental economics of the cost of production/ distribution and fair profit in the supply chain, but by greed and speculation by hedge funds and others.
Opec and other oil rich nations are using Economic blackmail to use a strong perhaps radical sound bite.
Profits of Opec and Oil companies soared by Billions ( probably trillions) and thier contribution to sustainable energy development crudely put ( enjoy the pun) is frankly a cheap skate PR and advertising campaign with minor cost and and totally underfunded resources staff and research into alternative energy, these enrgy companies have a serious role in developing and reseaching alternative energy in the interests of thier shareholders in the longer term.
A couple of ideas which you can call regulation if you like but I call common sense at least in the medium term
1) the EU, USA and Canada, South America, Japan + China and the rest of Asia, and the Russian areas of Europe and Asia set up a buying agency which buys up production en bloc initially from local sources for local supply and demand, then sells on to the various blocks as needed at negotiated prices and reasonable profit. The power of negotiation of these buyers keeps the cap on unreasonable demands from any one source with excess supply, and removes speculators.
2) Oil companies drilling and Distribution are required to invest in sustainable energy research and development and given tax breaks in such research and development, similarly with Car companies in developing improved fuel efficient cars. This spreads the cost over time and speeds the move to sustainablke energy resources in future.
4) Force Oil companies to develop fields in order of cost of production, with tax breaks if necessary, and where gas ) bot gasoline is also available.
3) Get the IMF and world bank involved to help nations in need of Oil now to convert to sustainable energy as necessary.
Idealistic, Socialist, too much regulation, NO common sense and fair, and helps solve the global economic crisis in a big way, and removes huge price fluctuations based on rumous of supply interruption put out by speculators in the market.
You can combine that with all sorts of other good ideas on the blogs.
Regards,
Hodgson.