Oil at $100 May Remain: The Economic Precipice for America This June

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Experts in energy economics caution that the United States may confront a significant economic downturn in June if the Strait of Hormuz stays blocked while oil prices exceed $100 per barrel and global stockpiles decline at an unprecedented pace. JPMorgan has adjusted its forecast to include five-dollar gasoline as a baseline expectation for mid-summer rather than a worst-case scenario. Saudi Aramco indicates that a return to normal in the oil market is unlikely until 2027, even if the strait reopens right away.

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00:00energy economists are issuing a blunt warning. If the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen by June,

00:06and right now there is no sign it will, the United States economy faces a cliff event

00:11unlike anything since the 1970s Arab oil embargo. Oil is trading above $100 a barrel.

00:19Saudi Aramco's CEO has said that even if the Strait opens tomorrow,

00:23market normalization will not occur until 2027. The U.S. Energy Information Administration

00:29is tracking global oil inventories, declining at the fastest rate since records began.

00:35J.P. Morgan has updated its forecast. $5 gasoline at American pumps by mid-summer is now the base case,

00:43not the extreme scenario. Every $10 increase in the price of a barrel of oil costs,

00:49the average American household roughly $300 per year in combined direct and indirect costs.

00:55Higher gas, higher food prices, higher shipping costs on everything. The U.S. has already drawn

01:01down its strategic petroleum reserve, and it is not enough to plug the gap. For American families

01:07preparing for summer, the economic math of this crisis is about to become impossible to ignore.

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