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War in the Middle East usually makes oil prices spike. Why isn't that happening now?

During the Yom Kippur war, embargoes drove oil prices up. But oil prices have actually gone down since the Oct. 7 attack. In a time of upheaval in the Middle East, we explore why prices are falling.

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