Far from an energy crisis rooted in a short supply of oil, we have at present a dollar crisis that is creating the false illusion of energy scarcity.

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Brokers would also "spoof" the market on behalf of UBS - creating a false illusion that there was more demand on one side of the market than really existed, by advertising bogus requests, in order to influence the interest rates offered by the banks.

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