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