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I need to know how the price of oil has changed over the past 12 months, and what factors affected these changes. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I think the oil companies is just letting them happen so that they can raise the price of oil.

nobody expected oil to drop so far, so fast. i was wondering how much
lower do the people on y/a think the price of oil will go?
what do you think the price of oil will be when it bottoms out or do you
think we are at the bottom already? thank you.

The price of oil doesn’t hasn’t change much in the past 2 months but the price at the pump is up 50 cents. How does that make sense? It’s not like it costs more to refine it.

Will the price of oil stop falling the minute OPEC cuts production? What specific news or preidctions about production cuts have we heard in the last week?

What are the economic indicators to watch for to give some idea when the price of oil will significantly fall in price and have a serious effect on the lowering of production of oil thus effecting the world wide day rates for drilling rigs?

With the price of oil still climbing are we using less oil then we have in the past? We have cars that get better gas mileage now is that making an impact?

If the cost of the war were considered a subsidy for the oil industry, what would the price of oil be? How big of a drain on the world’s oil supply is the war in iraq?

When the price of oil lowers, people freak out saying the economys shit and then when the prices go up, they freak out about raising gas prices. It makes no sense, please explain this to me

I want to know about the price of oil in the world right now. Do you have some website that updates every minutes abput the oil price?

If not, how does Fox News explain their theory of "supply and demand" in reference to the price of oil?
Why has the price of oil fallen so drastically without drilling for more of it either offshore or in Alaska?

I would like to add the commonly quoted price of oil to the list of things tracked on my Yahoo! portfolio, and was wondering if Yahoo has a ticker symbol for this value.
I misspoke in my original question. I’m not really looking for a ticker symbol. I’m looking for a Yahoo Finance symbol [...]

If it wasn’t for all the federal excise and transportation taxes on oil, we’d be paying a lot less. Not the mention the obscene 35% federal income tax. Isn’t it government that is really driving up the price of oil?

I understand price of oil is based on the USD, but why does the price of one inversely affect the price of the other?

I am asking this question, because a lot of people say that Bush attacked Iraq for its oil. If it is true, then why is the price of gas going up?
Also, if America didn’t attack Iraq, how high do you think the price of oil/ gas would have gone?
Are you willing to pay a [...]

The price of oil decreased from per barrel to per barrel. What is the percentage change in oil price

The price of oil decreased from per barrel to per barrel. What is the percentage change in oil prices?

The price of oil decreased from per barrel to per barrel. What is the percentage change in oil prices?

It’s simple economics. If you refuse to buy something, or (in this case) if you buy less of it, the seller will cut the price in order to entice you to buy more.
Which means that the American consumer can force down the price of oil by reducing their use, through carpooling, ride-sharing, increased use of [...]

In Economic terms, would someone be able to explain how the rise in the price of oil has/will affect inflation and the economic objective of achieving price stability? Lets go into depth, step by step. Not just – oil costs more, therefore stuff costs more.

What is the standard to which you measure, depending on the value of the dollar, how much you should pay for oil?
There must be a calculation. There is just so much relativity, that I’m wondering, which "benchmark" do you use to assess the value of oil in relation to the value of the dollar, which [...]

I’m betting the ACTUAL price of oil, based on supply and demand is really between – a barrel and that every penny above that point is pure Iraq war "fear" premium.
Remove the Iraq war "Fear" premium and all you have left is the actual price.
Come on January when the world sees that production has not [...]

He want’s to end the war in Iraq and negotiate with Iran. Will this be helpful in reducing the cost of oil?
Despite all the recent talk of soaring prices at the pump, political and economic pundits rarely mention the impact of war and political instability in the Middle East on the skyrocketing price of [...]

when will its cost come back to normal?why is that the price of oil has increased?

Clinton, a U.S. senator from New York, made perhaps the most audacious energy claim of the campaign. If elected, she told voters in New Hampshire, "I predict to you, the oil-producing countries will drop the price of oil," the New York Daily News reported and the Clinton campaign confirmed.