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Comment on this article
Ed Kerwin
February 11, 2015 at 7:38 pmThe article really highlights the point that the forecasters are at a loss on what the future looks like. An AP article today claimed that the forecasters are calling for oil prices will be anywhere from $20 to $108 per barrel. From this perspective it is understandable that shippers are frustrated by the current lack of impact on pricing. However, if manufacturers were faced with the prospect of such a wide variation in the potential cost of one of their key components, what would they do?