Because the world burns 34 billion barrels of oil every year, a $10 fall in the price of oil shifts $340 billion from oil producers to consumers. Thus, the $60 price decline since last August will redistribute more than $2 trillion annually to oil consumers, providing a bigger income boost than the combined US and Chinese fiscal stimulus in 2009.
油价和全球增长的负相关性背后是一个强大的经济规律。由于世界每年要燃烧340亿桶石油，油价下跌10美元就意味着石油生产者向消费者让渡了3,400亿美元。因此，自去年8月以来油价下跌60美元意味着一年超过2万亿美元被再分配给石油消费者，所形成的收入刺激效应比2009年美国和中国财政刺激之和还要大。