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Plunging oil prices good for now, bad for our future

NAIROBI: Yesterday, US crude oil prices crashed below $50 (Sh4,540) a barrel while benchmark price tumbled under $53 (Sh4,812.4). This is the biggest drop in more than five and a half years.

Since June last year, oil has lost around 55 per cent of its value on a production glut, weak demand and a strong US dollar.

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