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Message:: [QUOTE="Juan Blanco, post: 1675033, member: 41665"]. You may be correct! I don't know, but 'the black market PM rate' in Cyprus would be an interesting stat to track in the duration of the crisis. (The chart may be structurally telling.) I'd categorize this like 'retail petrol prices in Misrata' during the seige. I remember reading about a LOCAL petrol price-spike, from 'pennies to Dollars' per litre. Never saw a chart, though. 5/7/2011: NY Times 'Libya Strikes Fuel Supply in City Held by Rebels' >>Misurata has been cut off from new sources of fuel since the uprising against the Qaddafi government began in February. But it began the siege with large reservoirs of diesel fuel and gasoline, and so far there have not been shortages. Several other fuel tanks remained intact, and terminal officials said the rebels’ de facto government would not disclose which tanks were full and which were not, nor would they make any public statements about how much fuel remained in the city. “The exact information is a secret,” Mr. Bazina said. He was willing to characterize the situation only in general terms. “We do have fuel,” he said. “But we do not have enough.” For weeks, the lines at the few gas stations in the city have often stretched to hundreds of cars. But residents and officials have said the lines are caused in part by the small number of stations, which are often closed — not to any shortage of gasoline. Gas prices have remained low, indicating sufficient supply. Supplies of pressurized cooking fuel, however, recently ran out.<< Surely, the Libyan local price data is 'out there.' Here's a chart of the Libyan natural gas export to Italy (for example): [ATTACH]249650.vB[/ATTACH] The Cypriot Au Price, charted, could be informative likewise: Crisis Gold Price.[/QUOTE]

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