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Prophecy 85 SHOUT IT FROM THE HOUSETOPS! SHOUT IT TO THE WORLD! INTERNATIONAL BRIDE OF YAHUSHUA, COME FORTH! Given to Apostle Elisabeth (Elisheva) Elijah 5/5/2006 As you see the prices go up on the fuel in America, you will see a fear come upon the people that they have not yet known. For you see, the oil companies say it's you that they own. And they are going to crush you. How do you think your finances are going to be crushed? As you see the prices in everything go up. Only what you have done for YAHUSHUA will stand, this is the only way I, YAHUVEH , will multiply your financial blessings. To those who put your faith in something called oil, black liquid gold instead of putting your faith in I, YAHUVEH , in MY Son YAHUSHUA ha MASHIACH's NAME, you will know fear like you have never known it before. I am speaking to those who call themselves Christians. You should have been praying and asking ME for protection. Prophecy 39 Think nothing is impossible when you call upon MY NAME YAHUSHUA. What was impossible before will not be any more, if you can just believe with your own eyes you shall see. The unholy vultures gather against you and seek to take the necessities of life away from you water, food, heat, shelter, finances, electricity, gasoline, oil, clothes, communications. Anointed Holy Eagles, Come Forth! Thursday, August 10, 2000 Anointed Holy Eagles, they seek to destroy your nests that I so loving built with MY own hands. The unholy vultures now devour your young and you have stood by and watched as you lost more freedom each year ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Oil market is out of our control, says Opec OPEC oil ministers say they are powerless in the face of many factors driving up the price of crude, with one member of the producers' cartel warning that the 'market is out of control'. Mohammed bin Dhaen al-Hamli, president of Opec, told a conference in London yesterday that record oil prices are the result of speculative investment and international political tensions. "We are of course concerned about high oil prices," he said. But "the market is increasingly driven by forces beyond Opec's control". Crude oil options traders work on the floor of the New York Mercantile Exchange However, there were signs yesterday that the inexorable rise in crude prices could be about to ease, with the cost of a barrel slipping on news that Mexico had increased production and investment bank Goldman Sachs saying that it was time for investors to "take profits". Mr al-Hamli said that Opec, whose members supply about 40pc of the world's oil needs, was "monitoring" the situation and would increase output if necessary. "If the market needs more oil, we will supply it," he said. But he added that the oil price, up 34pc since mid-August, was the result of geo-political tensions and speculation by traders. Mr al-Hamli did not refer to specific situations, although analysts have pointed to recent problems on the Turkey-Iraq border and speculation by hedge funds as fuelling recent price rises. Another oil minister, Qatar's Abdullah al-Attiyah, pleaded: "Please don't blame us for $93 oil... The market is out of control." He said that the oil market is "very confused", but added that this had nothing to do with an imbalance between supply and demand, but to factors outside Opec's control. However, major energy users believe one solution to the current problems would be for Opec to open the taps. "If oil is going up, keeping at this level may hurt the economy, especially nonoil-producing developing countries," said Nobuo Tanaka, executive director of the International Energy Agency, which advises large oil-consuming countries. The head of the US Energy Information Administration, Guy Caruso, said: "Our view continues to be that the market is fundamentally tight. We think that the market still needs more barrels as we head out into the next year or so." US oil futures fell by $3.02 to $90.51 a barrel yesterday, after hitting a record high of $93.80 in the previous session. In London Brent fell $2.40 to $87.92, down from Monday's peak of $90.49. Oil analysts at Goldman Sachs, which in July predicted that oil may reach $95 a barrel, told investors yesterday that it was time to "sell" oil. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Forget caviar and lobster; basics are pricey enough Thursday, August 16, 2007 MIDLAND, Va. - The Labor Department's most recent inflation data showed that U.S. food prices rose by 4.1 percent for the 12 months ending in June, but a deeper look at the numbers reveals that the prices of milk, eggs and other essentials in the American diet are rising by double digits. Already stung by a two-year rise in gasoline prices, American consumers now face sharply higher prices for foods they can't do without. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its July inflation report that egg prices are 33.7 percent higher than they were in July 2006. Over the same period, according to the department's consumer price index, whole milk was up 21.1 percent; fresh chicken 8.4 percent; navel oranges 13.6 percent; apples 8.7 percent. Dried beans were up 11.5 percent, and white bread rose by 8.8 percent. These numbers get lost in the broader inflation rate for all goods and services, which measured 2.4 percent for the same 12-month period. Across the economy, rising food prices were offset by falling prices for things bought at the mall: computers, cameras, clothing and shoes. "All of that stuff is going down in price, but prices for gasoline have gotten higher, and food prices have gone up," said Mark Vitner, a senior economist for Wachovia, a large national bank based in Charlotte, N.C. People also go to the mall a lot less than they go to the grocery store, so they constantly are reminded that dietary staples are up sharply, which may go a long way to explaining why, despite healthy job statistics, Americans remain glum about the economy. Meeting with economic writers last week, President Bush dismissed several polls that show Americans are down on the economy. He expressed surprise that inflation is one of the stated concerns. "They cite inflation?" Bush asked. "I happen to believe the war has clouded a lot of people's sense of optimism." In broad terms, the economic picture isn't bad. Unemployment is near record lows, and the second quarter posted a strong 3.4 percent growth rate. But the picture is bad for those Americans who are pinched by rising food and gasoline costs, and that's a lot of folks. Half the nation's families earn less than the median family income of about $56,000. Three-fifths of U.S. families report income of less than $70,000. Factors in increase Why are food prices rising? It's partly because of corn prices, driven up by congressional mandates for ethanol production, which have reduced the amount of corn for animal feed. It's also because of tougher immigration enforcement, which has made farm laborers scarcer, and a late-spring freeze, which damaged fruit and vegetable crops. And it's because of higher diesel costs to run tractors, and attractive foreign markets that take U.S. production. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Aug. 16, 2007 Rising food prices squeeze consumers With whole milk costing 21 percent more than it did a year ago, Nereida Bernuth has developed an eagle eye for sales. ''It's really hard,'' Bernuth, of Coral Springs, said of rising food prices -- milk in particular. When she saw a gallon for $4.14 recently at Wal-Mart, she bought two jugs and froze one. ''I imagine it's hard for families with little kids,'' she said. It's not imagination at all. Labor Department inflation data released Wednesday showed that U.S. food prices rose by 4.1 percent for the 12 months ending in July. A deeper look at the numbers reveals prices of milk, eggs and other diet essentials 30 percent higher in some cases. Already stung by a two-year rise in gasoline prices, consumers now face sharply higher prices for foods they can't do without. That may go a long way to explaining why, despite healthy job statistics, Americans remain glum about the economy. Meeting with economic writers last week, President Bush dismissed polls that show Americans down on the economy and expressed surprise that inflation is one of the stated concerns. But the numbers reveal the extent to which Americans are being pinched. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its July inflation report that egg prices are 33.7 percent higher than in July 2006. Over the same period, according to the department's consumer price index, whole milk was up 21.1 percent; fresh chicken 8.4 percent; oranges 13.6 percent; dried beans 11.5 percent and white bread 8.8 percent. Why are food prices rising? The answer is complex. It's partly because of corn prices, driven up by congressional mandates for ethanol production, which have reduced corn available for animal feed. It's also because of tougher immigration enforcement hurting the farm labor pool and a late spring freeze damaging fruit and vegetable crops. And it's because of higher diesel fuel costs to run tractors and attractive foreign markets that take U.S. production. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Food prices in dollar terms are up by more than 30% on a year ago, according to the Economist commodity-price index. The rise in sterling and most other currencies is less, but still significant. |