Word: minisurplus
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...slowdown or halt in price increases has been caused by a minisurplus of petroleum, which has created a strong downward pressure on prices. One oil company after another is shaving the prices it will pay for crude. Exxon and Mobil, the two largest American producers, have instituted automatic cutbacks of about $2 per bbl. in the prices that they will pay to independent domestic suppliers...
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