Futures Markets and the Price of Oil

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Commodity exchanges.

Petroleum industry and trade.

Prices.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Contained In:

ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] [publisher not identified] 1991-1992

Summary:

Analyzes the effect of the oil futures market on oil price volatility during the Persian Gulf crisis, with comparisons to earlier instances of oil price fluctuation and earlier concerns about futures trading effects on other commodity prices

Notes:

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Other Format:

Microfiche version Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service. Futures Markets and the Price of Oil

Publisher Number:

CRS-1991-ECN-0058

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