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In the middle of the financial crisis of 2007–2008, the price of oil underwent a significant decrease after the record peak of US$147.27 it reached on 11 July 2008. On 23 December 2008, WTI crude oil spot price fell to US$30.28 a barrel, the lowest since the financial crisis of 2007–2008 began. The price sharply rebounded after the crisis ...
December 1, 2008: The NBER announced the US was in a recession and had been since December 2007. The Dow tumbled 679.95 points or 7.8% on the news. [165] [89] December 6, 2008: The 2008 Greek riots began, sparked in part by economic conditions in the country. [citation needed] December 16, 2008: The federal funds rate was lowered to zero ...
Record-setting oil prices in the first half of 2008 and economic weakness in the second half of the year prompted a 1.2 Mbbl (190,000 m 3)/day contraction in US consumption of petroleum products, representing 5.8% of total US consumption, the largest annual decline since 1980 at the climax of the 1979 energy crisis.
“Copper’s eventual bull run is likely to make oil’s famous 2008 rally look like child’s play,” Citi’s managing director for commodities research, told clients.
Oil prices rose to a new high of $119.90 a barrel on April 22, 2008, [31] before dipping and then rising $3 on April 25, 2008, to $119.10 on the New York Mercantile Exchange after a news report that a ship contracted by the U.S. Military Sealift Command fired at an Iranian boat.
In 2008, oil prices rose briefly, to as high as $145 per barrel, [25] and U.S. gasoline prices jumped from $1.37 to $2.37 per gallon in 2005, [26] causing a search for alternate sources, and by 2012, less than half the US oil consumption was imported.
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High oil prices have impacted global economic growth, causing the Dow's 12th bear market since 1962 and the first since 2002 according to The Washington Post. [13] Tom Petruno of the LA Times points out that "the U.S. stock market meltdown this year isn't happening in isolation. Major European stock markets also are down more than 20% since Jan. 1.