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Oil prices fall after warning from World Bank
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October 9, 2012, Tuesday
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A strong warning from the World Bank that growth in Asia may slow further dragged the price of oil yesterday to its lowest close in two months.
The World Bank signaled the possibility of a "more pronounced slowdown" in China, the world's second largest economy after the United States. It also cut its growth forecast for Asia. Red-hot growth in emerging markets like China and India helped boost oil consumption coming out of the global recession.
US benchmark crude fell 55 cents to close at US$89.33 per barrel in New York. The contract hasn't closed lower since Aug. 2.
In London, Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, fell 20 cents to US$111.82 a barrel.
At the pump, US gas prices remain stubbornly high. The national average for gasoline rose 3 cents over the weekend to US$3.818 a gallon (US$1 per liter). But Californians are now paying an average of US$4.668 a gallon (US$1.23 a liter), the highest price in the US, after a jump of 50 cents a gallon in the past week. Some motorists there are paying over US$5.
In response, California Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered state smog regulators to allow cheaper winter-blend gas to be sold three weeks early. And Sen. Dianne Feinstein has called for a federal investigation because she doesn't think the higher prices are related to supply and demand.
In other energy futures trading in New York:
- Natural gas gained less than a penny to reach US$3.40 per 1,000 cubic feet.
- Heating oil lost a penny to close at US$3.14 per gallon.
- Wholesale gasoline fell 6 cents to finish at US$2.89 per gallon.
The World Bank signaled the possibility of a "more pronounced slowdown" in China, the world's second largest economy after the United States. It also cut its growth forecast for Asia. Red-hot growth in emerging markets like China and India helped boost oil consumption coming out of the global recession.
US benchmark crude fell 55 cents to close at US$89.33 per barrel in New York. The contract hasn't closed lower since Aug. 2.
In London, Brent crude, which is used to price international varieties of oil, fell 20 cents to US$111.82 a barrel.
At the pump, US gas prices remain stubbornly high. The national average for gasoline rose 3 cents over the weekend to US$3.818 a gallon (US$1 per liter). But Californians are now paying an average of US$4.668 a gallon (US$1.23 a liter), the highest price in the US, after a jump of 50 cents a gallon in the past week. Some motorists there are paying over US$5.
In response, California Gov. Jerry Brown has ordered state smog regulators to allow cheaper winter-blend gas to be sold three weeks early. And Sen. Dianne Feinstein has called for a federal investigation because she doesn't think the higher prices are related to supply and demand.
In other energy futures trading in New York:
- Natural gas gained less than a penny to reach US$3.40 per 1,000 cubic feet.
- Heating oil lost a penny to close at US$3.14 per gallon.
- Wholesale gasoline fell 6 cents to finish at US$2.89 per gallon.
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