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Oil price gains to above $94 on weaker dollar

Associated Press -- The price of oil rose by more than a dollar Monday, to above $94 a barrel, as it recovered from sharp drops last week and echoed strong gains in European stock markets.

By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for April delivery was up $1.11 to $94.24 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 29 cents to settle at $93.13 in New York on Friday.

Oil dived last week on the possibility that the Federal Reserve might stop offering monetary stimulus, which its most recently released minutes suggested was possible. That would strengthen the dollar, making crude more expensive for international investors, and shut off a supply of money that some say had been fueling speculative trades in commodity markets.

The price of crude stabilized F

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honda0105
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wow. That's even more painful rj.
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Here we were up 66¢, but recently dropped 5¢.
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It is not the cause of the pump price rise.

[Edited by: QualTekGuy at 3/2/2013 9:59:26 PM EST]
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prices at the pump aren't dropping much... 65 cents up, not even 15 cents back down so far.
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another round of BOHICA on the horizon, eh?
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Boo.
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Hope & Change ....... Due to current economic conditions the light at the end of the tunnel has been turned off!
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we all feel weaker
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It will be the same every month. Up and down.
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Okay
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Full moon pulls on oil also
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up and down

yea, we get it
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Okay...
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old news
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don't y'all know all those muslim arab countries are laughing at the idiot sheeple in this country..
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Problem is we keep exporting more refined fuels from now US oil and imports as we can do that but cannot export oil. All about profits now, not demand or use.
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Weaker does not mean prices go down.
Only means we are cheaper to foreigners.
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Fact of life. Oil goes up so does gas. Oil goes down, gas goes up.
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So why haven't gas prices gone down?
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Okay.
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Should go down today.
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Local pump prices up to 3.99 here today.
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Gas prices going back up.
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Fiscal cliff again!
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The price of oil remains out of control.
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Whats next?
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INSANITY.......UP TO $3.99 TODAY!!!!!!!
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Good thing I didn't hold my breath on the news that prices were dropping.
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The target inflation rate is 2%, but there was none in January.
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joy...
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anythink we don't know?
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it's weaker alright.
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see what happens
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Blame it on Washington.

They are the big elephant in the room!
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crooks
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Let's see how this plays out
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Oil and gasoline are very overpriced. Hopefully, some speculators are about to lose a lot of money.
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no
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yep
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What's your point? Gas prices will still fluctuate at will. Thanks for posting.
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Do you get the feeling our goverment dosent realy care?
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Good news is bad, bad news is good.
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Corporate States of America
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I don't know. Can't get past the "Oil dived last week...". Shouldn't that be 'Oil dove last week....'

It will be interesting to see if the stalemate in D.C. trumps the election results or lack of in Italy regarding the value of the U.S. dollar.
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Whats the reason for natural gas rising?
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Thanks for posting
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