石油价格正快速攀升，远超过每桶50美元。 其部分原因是由于伊拉克冲突、尼日利亚劳资纠纷、俄罗斯政府和尤科斯石油公司之间的冲突以及最近飓风袭击佛罗里达所带来的短期石油供应震荡。
Oil prices are now running well above $50 a barrel, partly owing to short-run supply shocks, such as the Iraq conflict, Nigerian labor disputes, the conflict between Yukos Oil and the Russian government, and Florida's recent hurricanes.