OPEC+ announces modest boost in oil production. But here’s why it’s a mostly symbolic move.

In a largely symbolic move, the OPEC+ nations announced Sunday that they would slightly increase crude production in June, as the war with Iran continues to stifle the world’s supply of oil.

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