Tag: oil price

• Sunday, December 12th 2010 - 23:31 UTC

  Saudi’s 70/80 US dollars a barrel stance prevails at OPEC meeting in Ecuador

  

  Leading OPEC producer Saudi Arabia said it still favoured a 70-80 US dollars price range for oil, a restatement of a two-year-old policy that will be welcomed by consumer nations worried that rising oil prices may get out of control and hamper global economic recovery.

• Tuesday, May 18th 2010 - 21:53 UTC

  UK consumer inflation reaches 17-month high in April

  

  United Kingdom consumer price inflation unexpectedly jumped to a 17-month high in April, 3.7%, driven by big rises in tax on alcohol and tobacco as well as higher prices for women's clothing and food, data showed.