What effect will oil prices have on the economy?
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Steven Chu
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
high oil prices were a threat to the economy
1/15/2009 1:35:10 PM
Rahm Emanuel
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
High prices at the pump not only hurt our wallets, but they also are a symptom of the larger problem of our dependence on foreign oil.
11/7/2008 11:59:32 AM
Bobby Bright (D-AL)
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
The rising price of fuel is straining our economy
11/1/2008 4:06:53 PM
Walt Minnick (D-ID)
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
It’s making the basics – getting to work, paying for groceries – difficult for everyone.
11/1/2008 4:05:38 PM
Jay Love (R-AL)
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
High oil prices have "damaged the economy"
10/31/2008 12:40:55 PM
Dean Andal (R-CA)
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
Those high prices at the pump have created a "family budget crisis" for many people in the region.
10/23/2008 4:04:05 PM
Wayne Parker (R-AL)
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
Energy Prices
10/22/2008 4:14:50 PM
Clive Crook
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
The price of Petrol amongst other factors is weighing down the US economy
8/28/2008 5:34:46 PM
The New York Times
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
"...high oil prices can wreak economic havoc..."
7/2/2008 11:38:04 AM
Donald Trump
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
"...oil is the blood of our nation..."
6/11/2008 4:52:24 PM
American Airlines
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
Slash flights to cut costs.
5/27/2008 12:48:47 AM
Ford Motor Company
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
"Fall short of reaching profitability."
5/27/2008 12:48:31 AM
Dick Durbin
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
"costs that you are imposing on working families, small businesses, truckers, farmers"
5/23/2008 1:58:36 PM
The Economist
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
"May yet give the global economy a nasty bite."
5/22/2008 2:48:14 PM
M. Jodi Rell
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
Governor Rell to Congress: Energy Price Spikes Call for Crisis Response
5/6/2008 2:42:33 PM
William Poole (Federal Reserve Bank)
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
"Drain on purchasing power."
4/24/2008 10:13:01 AM
James D. Hamilton
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
If the price goes much higher, oil will again loom as large in the economy as it did in 1980
4/17/2008 2:27:31 PM
T. Boone Pickens, Jr.
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
U.S. Faces Disaster over Oil Wealth Exodus
3/7/2008 9:22:44 AM
USA Today
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
When oil markets talk
3/4/2008 11:28:49 AM
Alan Greenspan
Oil prices will weaken the economy.
Beginning to stunt growth
2/20/2008 5:28:01 PM