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07/01/2015
Price Of Brent Crude Oil Drops Below $50
The price of Brent crude oil has dropped below $50 (£33) a barrel for the first time since May 2009.
It fell to $49.99 a barrel this morning, however it rose back above $50.
Nobuyuki Nakahara, a former oil executive and ex-member of the Bank of Japan's policy board, told Reuters he also expected further price falls.
He explained: "Oil prices are likely to keep falling due to slower Chinese growth and because the years of prices above $100 before the recent plunge were 'abnormal' historically."
(CD/JP)
It fell to $49.99 a barrel this morning, however it rose back above $50.
Nobuyuki Nakahara, a former oil executive and ex-member of the Bank of Japan's policy board, told Reuters he also expected further price falls.
He explained: "Oil prices are likely to keep falling due to slower Chinese growth and because the years of prices above $100 before the recent plunge were 'abnormal' historically."
(CD/JP)
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