Year-over-year Change in Oil Prices

Oil prices are "only" down about 20% year-over-year (YoY), and the YoY decline has been decreasing.

So I thought I'd look at the YoY change in oil prices over the last few decades.

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This graph shows the year-over-year change in WTI based on data from the EIA.

Five times since 1987, oil prices have increased 100% or more YoY.  And several times prices have almost fallen in half YoY.

Oil prices are volatile!  And it seems likely the YoY change will turn positive later this year.

from
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CalculatedRisk/~3/OpeSdZFurEo/year-over-year-change-in-oil-prices.html