Energy Economics Conference Suggests Upcoming Plummet In Oil Prices

摘要

Rice University's James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy recently hosted a conference, "Energy Market Globalization: Investment and Commodity Price Cycles and the Role of Geopolitics." Much discussion focused on the relationships of oil prices to other economic indicators, and whether these relationships indicated that oil prices may tumble in the near future. The Federal Reserve's quantitative easing programs were another hot topic, agreed to have seriously affected energy prices and the economy as a whole since the initiative began in 2008, but whether positively or negatively was a matter for debate.