Text Only
Search

 
US Business Publisher Predicts Huge Drop in Oil Prices

30 August 2005

Steve Forbes
Steve Forbes
The publisher of a major U.S. business magazine is predicting oil prices will drop sharply in the next 12 months.

Steve Forbes says inflation and pure speculation has contributed to the current spike in oil prices, which he describes as "a huge bubble" that will eventually pop. Mr. Forbes says he thinks oil will return to a price of $35 to $40 a barrel.

The billionaire publisher of Forbes Magazine made his comments Tuesday in Sydney, Australia, one day after oil prices briefly hit a record $70.80 cents over concerns of the effect Hurricane Katrina was having on oil refineries based in the U.S. Gulf Coast.

Some information provided by AP and AFP.

emailme.gif E-mail This Article
printerfriendly.gif Print Version

  Related Stories
Crude Oil Prices Spike on Gulf Hurricane Fears
Washington May Tap Oil Reserve
 
  Top Story
Obama Pays Tribute to Fort Hood Shooting Victims   Audio Clip Available  Video clip available

  More Stories
Details Emerge About Alleged Fort Hood Shooter  Audio Clip Available  Video clip available
Bomb Rocks Northwestern Pakistan
China Ready to Welcome President Obama  Video clip available
US Urges North Korea Not to Escalate Tensions in Yellow Sea
British PM Defends Military Mission in Afghanistan  Audio Clip Available
Lebanon's Unity Government Convenes for First Time
Tropical Storm Ida Downgraded; Moves Inland
Report: Africa's Disappearing Wetlands Produce 'Alarming' Levels of Greenhouse Gas
IEA Urges Action on Climate Change
Somali Pirates Deny Arms Seizure  Audio Clip Available
Cross-Examination Begins in War Crimes Trial of Former Liberian President  Audio Clip Available
US Development of H1N1 Vaccine Hits Snag  Video clip available
Asia to Welcome President Obama  Video clip available
Obama Makes First China Tour as Economic Interdependence Grows  Audio Clip Available  Video clip available
APEC Marks 20 Years, Looks to Future of Regional Trade  Audio Clip Available
Clinton Urges 'Compassion' for Americans Detained in Iran  Audio Clip Available
World War II Museum Expansion Aims at Younger Generations  Audio Clip Available  Video clip available
North Carolina World War II Veterans Honored in Washington  Video clip available