Why It May Be Cheaper to Heat Your House This Winter

WSJ Your Money Briefing

The Wall Street Journal

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🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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An unusually mild winter in the U.S. allowed the country’s natural-gas supply to grow and kept home heating bills low. Wall Street Journal reporter Ryan Dezember joins host J.R. Whalen to discuss natural-gas uses beyond heating that can impact demand and prices. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sometimes running a business can feel like cycling uphill, with square wheels!
0:07.0	But zero online accounting software can help predict the future cash flow of your business.
0:15.0	So you can stay one step ahead.
0:18.0	Soon it'll feel more like free-wheeling downhill.
0:20.0	Wuho!
0:21.0	On a tandem!
0:22.0	Alright, mate! With a mass sir on the back.
0:25.0	Oh, that's nice.
0:26.0	Search Zero with an ex, because healthy business is beautiful business.
0:30.0	Here's your money briefing for Thursday, February 1st. I'm J. R. Whelan for the Wall Street Journal.
0:40.0	Many Americans who use natural gas to heat their homes caught a break.
0:44.0	I'm in a surplus in a milder winter, but demand and the impact on prices extends beyond the winter months.
0:51.0	The modern world runs on natural gas. It's not just
0:54.1	heating, it's not just electricity, but it's also fertilizer is made with huge amounts
0:58.7	of natural gas cement, plastics, cardboard. Just about anything you touch is either required natural
1:04.8	gas for the energy to produce it or is a feed stock in a chemical sense to make it.
1:10.9	We'll talk to Wall Street Journal reporter Ryan DeSember about the outlook for natural
1:14.7	gas prices and what it means for your monthly bill going forward.
1:18.7	After the break. Like some kind of Pizza Ninja, Domino's are slicing their prices.
1:29.0	Domino's price slice.
1:31.0	Small pizzas now 8 quid, medium now 10 quid and large now 12 quid.
1:36.0	Yet we're making cuts too.
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