Policy Responses to Commodity Price Movements — 1 PIERRE - OLIVIER
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B etween 1986 and 1998, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil remained quite stable, fluctuating between $16 and $42 (in constant 2011-U.S. dollars), with the exception of a brief spike in 1990 at the time of the first Gulf War. In December 1998, the barrel of WTI had reached a low point of $17. Almost 10 years later, in July 2008, the same barrel cost $134. By March 2009, the price of oil had plummeted back to $41, before inching its way back to $92 as of September 2012. These large swings have not been limited to oil prices. Other commodities have also experienced similarly wild price fluctuations over the past 10 years.
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B etween 1986 and 1998, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate (WTI) oil remained quite stable, fluctuating between $16 and $42 constant 2011-U.S. dollars, with the exception of a brief spike in 1990 at the time of the first Gulf War. In December 1998, the barrel of WTI had reached a low point of $17. Almost 10 years later, in July 2008, the same barrel cost $134. By March 2009, the p...
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