What caused the Spring 2008 spike in oil prices?
Bad news, but not a surprise:   oil demand has become less responsive to prices.  This explains much or all of the Spring 2008 spike in oil prices. World GDP had grown at 5%+ for 5 years, and oil production could not keep up. Large increases in oil prices were the only way to balance oil suppy …
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