Oil price rise comes at a bad time

The rise in oil prices has raised fears about the prospects for the economic recovery. Obviously the economy has changed a great deal since the oil price shocks of the 1970s, when sharp oil price rises pushed the UK into recession. Nonetheless, the current rise clearly comes at a bad time.

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