The buzz continues about the potential for increasing oil prices to ruin the economic expansion. Indeed when oil prices fall, stocks go up and vice versa. With crude just under $54.00 economists have had to revise their opinions of what price would trigger recession. According to the Wall Street Journal, last summer, one-third of economists who participated in their survey said a recession would follow if crude-oil stuck between $50 and $59 a barrel, the range traded since late February. In the latest forecasting survey, none of the economists feel that $50 oil will trigger a recession. About 31% said oil would have to be sustained at $80-$89 a barrel to snuff out growth, while 48% believe crude would have to top $90. In inflation-adjusted dollars that is the level oil reached back in the 70’s during the oil embargo.