benchmark

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Energy Information Administration recently forecast that the price of international benchmark Brent crude will average $89 a barrel at the end of this year and $79 in 2027.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 24, 2026

West Texas Intermediate, the U.S. benchmark crude, nearly doubled to just shy of $113 a barrel on April 7 from about $67 a barrel on Feb. 27, the day before the war began.

From Barron's • May 22, 2026

Stock markets across Asia climbed, with Japan’s Nikkei Stock Average rising 3.3%, South Korea’s Kospi gaining 5.8% and Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 benchmark index adding 1.3%

From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026

Of the 100 homes sampled, 17 had lead levels above 80 milligrams per kilogram, California’s benchmark for residential properties.

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

Epic in scope, violence, and imagination, Deathstorm is a new benchmark in the fantasy genre and cements forever G. M. Pennington’s status as the American Tolkien.

From "The Serpent King" by Jeff Zentner