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Oil Prices Fall to Six-Month Lows

The Wall Street Journal · last updated

Benchmark U.S. crude prices have shed about 17% since mid-January, when they reached about $80 a barrel. Since then fears of an economic slowdown brought on by Trump’s trade war and plans by OPEC and its market to boost output in April have driven prices lower. At around $66 a barrel, U.S. oil futures haven’t traded so low since early September.