Commentary by Eric Wilder – China’s planning agency announced today that it expected the country’s economic growth to slow to 8.5 to 9.0 percent.  This rate of economic growth is still very high.  Because of China’s supercharged growth, its demand for oil is stretching the world supply thin and keeping prices near $65 per barrel.

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