Economic Indicators: Interest Rates (and Oil Prices) Rise

What the latest statistics show about the economy

Monday, June 01, 2009

Interest rates are spiking, and oil prices rose to about $68 a barrel today, hitting a new high for the year. What effect might this have on consumption? The Takeaway poses this question to Javier Blas from the Financial Times.

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Javier Blas

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