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Low oil prices hurt energy producers; they may hurt financial markets too.
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LOW oil prices hurt energy producers; they may hurt financial markets too.

For years, energy windfalls were large enough to give major oil-producing nations surplus cash. Exporters accumulated foreign exchange reserves and put money into funds which aimed at stabilising economies, paying...

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