Oil Prices And The Significant, Long-Lasting Impact On The Economy

In 2014, a number of events will go down in history as major, market-moving events. From an economic viewpoint, though, perhaps no other event will have a more significant and long-lasting impact than the collapse of oil prices. At this time last year, oil was trading well above $100 per barrel. Last week, the price of a barrel of West Texas Intermediate oil traded at less than $50.