AP Explains: The oil market meltdown and its global impact
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March 8, 2020
FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A clash of two oil titans - Saudi Arabia and Russia - is sending shock waves through energy markets, with wide-ranging implications for consumers and oil companies, including those in the No. 1 producing country, the United States.
The spat between these vital oil suppliers comes at a critical moment; the coronavirus outbreak is squeezing economies around the globe to the point where world oil demand is forecast to shrink in 2020 for the first time since 2009.
Oil prices fell Monday by the most in one day since the 1991 Gulf War. The price of U.S. crude fell as much a...
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