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well, D.D.



The Wall St. Journal also reports that the refinery problems are -- as
the paper says "counterintuitively" sparking rises in oil prices.  So,
the "noise traders" are pushing oil prices higher for no good reason.

Acutally, to the extent that the refinery problems reduce the
consumption of petroleum they should actually lower oil prices, albeit
very slightly.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
Chico, CA 95929

Tel. 530-898-5321
E-Mail michael at ecst.csuchico.edu



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