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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Oil is at $90+ per barrel because the dollar isn’t worth $—t anymore.


2 posted on 11/03/2007 6:19:53 PM PDT by Ouderkirk (Don't you think it's interesting how death and destruction seems to happen wherever Muslims gather.)
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To: Ouderkirk
That is certainly a lot of it. I happened to be watching CNBC the day that the Fed announced its quarter per cent rate cut. You could see the immediate drop of the dollar and the immediate rise of gold and oil prices as the announcement went on. As I recall, long term interest rates rose shortly thereafter too.

Of course there is a lot of demand pressure too, but the low dollar has a lot to do with near $100 oil.

4 posted on 11/03/2007 7:06:45 PM PDT by Tom D. (Beer is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy. - Benj. Franklin)
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