VOL. XXXVI

NO. 6

9-NOVEMBER-1992

Oil Price Slide Stirs Calls For OPEC Action

The escalating slide in oil prices towards the end of October and the earlydays of November - though arrested to a certain extent by the end of last week -has not surprisingly stirred up calls for OPEC action to exercise productionrestraint, particularly from those whose economies are most vulnerable to pricedrops. In this connection, Algeria has taken the lead with a written request tothe OPEC President to get some...