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It’s Time for Obama to Spook the Oil Markets

May 5, 2011

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by

Aaron

in Economics

The fate of the Obama presidency hangs not on a birth certificate or the red ink on the federal budget but by the hose nozzle of your local gas station. Electoral discontent is measured by the price of a gallon of gasoline. Heading past $4 toward $5, that is a lethal trajectory for President Barack…
Oil Price Could Doom Obama

Feb 1, 2011

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by

Aaron

in Futures, Options and Commodities

Like death and taxes, the price of oil is always with us. And like taxes, it may be President Barack Obama’s worst nightmare at election time next year. Among forecasters, there is a sharp division between those who see an inexorable rise in the price of oil and those who believe it will stabilize about…