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Published in TZ Latest News 7 February, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

Oil price fall exacerbated by hedging, energy firms’ debt: BIS

Oil’s dramatic price fall since mid-2014 cannot be explained by changes in production and consumption alone, with hedging and energy firms’ high debt levels also playing a part, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) said on Saturday. The BIS compared oil’s recent fall, which saw prices collapse to below $50 a barrel from levels of above $100, with declines in 1996 and 2006 and concluded that unlike on previous occasions, this time oil production has been close to expectations and consumption was only slightly below forecasts.

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