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Tag Archives: Prices
Focus: Commodity prices
MANY commodity prices fell last year as the euro crisis and slowing growth in emerging markets dampened demand. American crude oil, one of the few commodities whose price rose, is now 10% more expensive after a volatile year. Oil prices … Continue reading
Oil prices: Not that again
THE political situation with Iran has grown much more tense in recent weeks, and especially since the apparent assassination of an Iranian nuclear scientist. Some rich countries are now proposing tightened sanctions against Iran, and Iran continues to threaten to … Continue reading
Oil prices: Arbitrage in action
This post has been updated.EUROPE may be falling apart, but the good news for the American economy keeps coming. In addition to improved retail sales, industrial production and industrial capacity utilisation both jumped in October, and homebuilder confidence leapt in … Continue reading
Oil Prices: Speculators unburned
IT HAS been almost two weeks since the International Energy Agency (IEA) announced it would release 60m barrels of oil from its member governments’ reserves, apparently in response to “ongoing disruption of oil supplies from Libya”. How is that working … Continue reading