The former president says that merchants see a bleak economic future for Iran because of rising prices, lack of investment,lower oil revenues and the elimination of price controls.

VOA: standard.2010.07.20

The oil futures market is very significant because it represents the price of energy on dates into the future.

石油期货市场对我们来说意义重大,因为它代表,未来的能源价格

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We can now see the price of oil going out years into the future.

现在我们就可以看得到,未来几年石油的价格

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