[lorenzo]

The Belgian Federal Planning Bureau publishes a study entitled The Macroeconomic Effects of an Oil Price Shock on the World Economy : A Simulation with the NIME Model. No coincidence that they publish it now.

Even though it takes only a macro-economic perspective of an "oil price shock" (and not of gradual and continuous decline in oil), it gives an interesting insight into what might happen to the world.

http://www.plan.be/nl/pub/wp/WP0506/WP0506en.pdf



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FPB’s activities are primarily focused on macroeconomic forecasting, analyzing and assessing policies in economic, social and environmental fields.

[FatherOfTwo]

Too bad they didn't also have a 50% and other higher price shock levels.
25% is manageable.

[Taskforce_Unity]

Correction 25% is a fluke.. it represents a increase to 25 dollar per barrel (check the charts)...