Intro -- Content -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. OIL PRICE VOLATILITY -- III. THE DEMAND AND SUPPLY OF CRUDE OIL -- IV. ROLE … OF MONETARY POLICY IN THE OIL MARKETS -- V. SOLUTION OF THE SEM -- VI. CONCLUSIONS -- APPENDIX -- REFERENCES. …

This paper analyzes the relationship between oil price shocks and bank profitability. Using data on 145 banks in 11 oil …-exporting MENA countries for 1994-2008, we test hypotheses of direct and indirect effects of oil price shocks on bank profitability …. Our results indicate that oil price shocks have indirect effect on bank profitability, channeled through country …

Over many years rises and fall of world oil prices have been repeatedly reflected in the boom-bust cycles in oil … policy considerations for eight of the world's oil-producing countries in sub- Saharan Africa. Because we are interested in …-exporting countries the world over. The recent spectacular rise and equally spectacular fall in prices provides an opportunity to inquire …