Low fuel prices grease up consumer spending

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18 Feb 2016

Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Venezuela, Russia, and (just today) Iran have agreed to freeze oil production… at one of their highest output levels since 2008. The Tuesday deal between these key oil players was a largely futile attempt to placate producers concerned with the persistent decline in oil prices.

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