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Heavy oil price benchmark likely to rebound

Prices of domestic heavy crude oil appear to be going sideways, despite rising world oil prices. This trend has persisted for a few months, but there are still good reasons to believe that these heavy oil prices will rebound over the next few months. If our calculations are correct, this would provide a small boost to the economy this year worth as much as 0.3% of nominal GDP.

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