Oil prices slumped to four-week lows today, falling by >6% on worries of demand destruction from rising interest rates. Rising rates also mean a stronger dollar, which this week rose to its higher level since 2002. Brent closed down week over week for the first time in 5 weeks and WTI for the first time in 8 weeks. “Once you raise rates that high also and you know it’s going to happen for next month, a lot of retail customers have tough time trading once you start increasing their costs of trading,” said Robert Yawger, director of energy futures at Mizuho in New York. AAA said prices of diesel hit a record high today, while gasoline prices hit a record high earlier in the week. Russia also signaled oil exports would increase in 2022 despite large tranches of sanctions on the federation. WTI traded down $8.03 or -6.83% to close at $109.56. Brent traded down $6.21 or -5.18% to close at $113.60.