Oil prices are notoriously volatile, which has certainly been the case in the past year. Crude prices were on the upswing for most of 2018, rising nearly 30% through early October before plunging 40% from the peak to end the year. Oil, however, has already bounced back more than 20% in 2019.
A laundry list of factors drove the wild swings in the oil market last year and could continue doing the same again this year. Here are 19 things that already have or will likely move the price of crude oil in 2019.
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