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Chart of the Day: The Falling Dollar and Oil at $110
Geoff Riley
17th April 2008
Crude oil prices are spiking higher again driven higher by signs of further reductions in oil stocks (inventories) - which creates a stampede among investors to buy whatever stocks might be available - but also by the continuing decline in the value of the US dollar. Covered in this BBC news article and also here in the International Herald Tribune.
Geoff Riley
Geoff Riley FRSA has been teaching Economics for over thirty years. He has over twenty years experience as Head of Economics at leading schools. He writes extensively and is a contributor and presenter on CPD conferences in the UK and overseas.