| The World Bank on Tuesday dramatically revised down its forecast for crude oil prices, predicting they would average just $37 a barrel this year and warning commodity markets to brace themselves for the possibility of a much sharper than expected slowdown in emerging economies.
The new forecast — down from a predicted $52 average for 2016 just three months ago — underlines how rapid the recent fall in oil prices has been and the growing concerns at the World Bank and elsewhere over the link between tumbling oil and the health of emerging economies...............................................Full Article: Source
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