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In Brief: Why oil prices tumbled below $0

Category: News & Politics
Duration: 00:15:36
Publish Date: 2020-04-22 04:10:00
Description: COVID-19 lockdowns have taken a major swipe at the dominance of oil…as the worth of a barrel of U.S. oil tumbled to less than nothing. That's the first time in history that the price has turned negative. So, what does that mean exactly - and how did it happen? To explain it all, we talk to CBC News national business correspondent, Peter Armstrong.
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