TheRealMafoo said:
Your right. The value of the most powerful world is set by the price of oil. It couldn't possibly be the other way around. I bet you can find me a chart that shows increased deaths from lung cancer causes increase in the number of people smoking too. |
Well, technically both of us are right, because both end up contributing to the other. Fears about the U.S. dollar (which have been there for at least a decade, its not just a recent phenomenon) tend to raise the price of oil while speculators on the oil market who think they can make a quick buck tend to cause the dollar to depreciate.
When people think demand for oil will go up, it usually affects the dollar adversely. When people think the dollar is doing poorly, the price of oil tends to go up. So ironically economic recovery typically means higher oil prices even if people aren't so worried about the dollar.
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