Assertion: speculator | /r/CapableOf | push the price of oil
Facets:
value: to make paper profits
type: PURPOSE
Source sentences:
text: Years ago, at a time when oil prices were north of $100, the CEO of Delta Airlines wrote that high oil prices were the result of speculators pushing the price of oil higher to make paper profits at the expense of oil consumers.
text: The question you didn't ask is why do speculators drive up the price of oil.