Notwithstanding the spectre of past oil shocks, crude prices have risen to ever-dizzier heights without derailing a five-year period of strong global growth.

• 尽管过去石油震荡的阴魂仍然在游荡，原油价格仍然达到使人眼晕的高价，并且没有阻止5年的世界经济快速增长。