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Goldman Sachs predicts $140 oil as gas prices spike near $5 a gallon

From cnn.com

High oil and gasoline prices will need to rise even higher this summer to incentivize new production and discourage consumption, according to Goldman Sachs. The Wall Street bank is now forecasting Brent crude oil prices will average $140 a barrel between July and September, up from its prior call of $125 a barrel. Brent is currently trading at about $120 a barrel. Worse, Goldman Sachs said summer retail gas prices are going to need to spike to levels normally associated with $160 oil in order to curtail demand. “A large spike in prices remains quite possible this summer,” Goldman Sachs strategists wrote in a report ... (full story)

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