Just as the U.S. economy started to improve, worldwide oil prices have started to rise with no end in sight. In my opinion, high oil prices were the main cause of the U.S. economy meltdown in late 2008 as President George W. Bush finished his eight years as President of the United States. Now as the U.S. stock marketing is showing signs of life, ever increasing prices for crude oil and it's number one byproduct (gasoline) could put the improving U.S. economy in jeopardy once again and we have only ourselves to blame for this problem.

Record Oil Prices Return