VOL. XXXI

NO. 42

25-JULY-1988

OPEC TO HOLD PRICE COMMITTEE MEETING IN EARLY AUGUST

OPEC's five-member price monitoring committee has once again pulled asurprise on the market by deciding to hold a meeting - initially intended to beunpublicized, but rapidly reported in the media early next month.

At MEES press time, there had been no official announcement by the OPECsecretariat on the exact date and venue of the meeting, but MEES understandsthat it has been agreed in principle that the committee -...