Our methodology focuses on supply and demand, historical capital spending, and pricing patterns thatrepeatthemselves during every shortage and every downturn.
In a repeat of earlier episodes, African statesmen found themselves insisting that the colonel had accepted a ceasefire even as his forces continued to pound Misrata, a rebel-held city in western Libya that has withstood a two-month siege.
There is a risk that history will repeat itself, as millions of poor and low income families find themselves at their weakest and most vulnerable point in the aftermath of the crises.