The price spike added to the profit pressure on newspapers.
Average investors are also taken for a ride when a company's share price spikes as a result of a short squeeze.
The answer to the current price spike lies in increasing our national energy supply.
There have been price spikes at auction, especially with large works that are parts of small editions.
Most experts still expect a price spike if shooting breaks out, but are beginning to doubt it will be very big.
In fact, the "correction" of this week's price spike appears to have already begun.
If oil prices do surge, will this have the same disastrous effects as the price spike in 1979?
The recent price spikes are a turning point, a sign that the days of plenty may be drawing to a close.
"We think there's going to be considerable shortages and price spikes," he said.
It is agreed that the main reason for the price spike in 2005-2008 was strong demand pressure.