US is less prone to oil price shocks than in past decades
- Written by Amy Myers Jaffe, Director, Energy, Climate Justice, and Sustainability Lab, and Research Professor, New York University; Tufts University
Gas prices are up, but other forces may limit the economic harm to the U.S.Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty ImagesOil is a global market, so when prices rise in one place, they rise everywhere. The current war against Iran has already raised oil prices significantly.
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