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Oil Price

…suppliers of oil, US imports represent US oil demand. This chart clearly shows that the run up in oil prices to $100 had little or nothing to do with demand…

Oil and Interest Rates

…the high price of oil. In fact, oil prices and long-term interest rates do indeed seem to be moving in opposite directions lately. The chart below shows both series since…