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The Economist Flunks Economics

No publication has a worse record in predicting oil market moves than The Economist. To read more, click here.

Speculators and Crude Prices

As the graph here shows, money manager speculative activity has been driving crude oil prices for two months. See Our View on this page.

Austerity and Oil (April 29, 2024) -- Many nations are turning away from the increased deficit spending required to realize the growth assumptions underlying most oil market projections.

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