The price of crude oil has fallen in recent weeks. But markets remain nervous that growing tensions with Iran over its refusal to suspend its nuclear enrichment programme, the chaotic state of Nigeria’s economy and further provocations by president Hugo Chávez in Venezuela could send the price rocketing into the $80 to $100 a barrel range. Were such prices to be sustained, financial markets would be hit and global growth would slow significantly this year.
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