The rise in crude prices since the summer has been rapid even by the standards of the 1970s shocks and comes at a particularly bad time for America, the world's largest oil user.

即使用1970年石油震荡的标准来讲，今夏以来油价也是突然上涨，而且对美国，这世界上最大的石油用户来讲是特别不合时宜。

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The other bad news for Arab states is that oil shocks aren't what they used to be.

ECONOMIST: A high oil price will delay reforms

For most people, that escalation would be a bad thing, this heightening intensity with repeated shocks to the same place.

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