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In reply to the discussion: Oil Prices Trade Below $40 A Barrel For First Time Since 2009 [View all]Lucky Luciano
(11,257 posts)6. They should. Lower oil prices are partly caused by demand destruction
Last edited Sat Aug 22, 2015, 11:36 AM - Edit history (1)
...in EM countries (eg a China!). The EM countries are having a very rough go of it. Starting to feel a bit like the Asian Crisis in 1997-8.
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I don't know where you live, but our gasoline prices have been dropping all year.
FLPanhandle
Aug 2015
#2
You're worried about YOUR gasoline price? Do you realize what global problem this drop signals?
Psephos
Aug 2015
#22
Oil is going down because production is high and what's wrong with lowering demand?
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2015
#10
The investment class loves to fear monger about jobs to justify their greed.
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2015
#18
I'm sure a lot of low income people who don't live next to public transportation would love that
Travis_0004
Aug 2015
#30
And the hundred million people in Bangladesh who's homes will be underwater as the ice caps melt?
NickB79
Aug 2015
#32
Gas prices are at our summer high and rising. Some bullshit about BP refinery problems.
Ed Suspicious
Aug 2015
#23