HONG KONG: Brighter growth prospects for Asia over the next 12 months have raised hopes that regional economies will cope should oil prices again breach US$70 a barrel.
Analysts widely see that level as probable within the next two months. Oil currently hovers a few dollars shy of the record high of US$70.85 reached in August following Hurricane Katrina in the US.
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