I'll spare you yet another round of my long-winded comments on my views that $70.00 oil [Brent] is the optimum Goldilocks price, a suitable, sustainable balance between most oil producers and most oil consumers. Here is this wonderful news instead: ‘No signs of global recession in next 12 months’ "There are no signs that the global economy is sliding towards a recession in the next 12 months, BlackRock Inc’s chief executive Larry Fink said in remarks published during the weekend."