US energy chief says spike in gas prices will fall ‘before too long’ amid Iran war
Source: US news | The Guardian · Bias: Center Left
Summary
Chris Wright says price increase would last weeks, not months, and that US would not target Iran’s energy industryChris Wright, the US Department of Energy secretary, said on Sunday that the spike in energy prices would last weeks, at the worst, not months, and that the US would not target Iran’s energy industry.His comments come amid rising anxiety that Iran’s response to the US-Israel strikes, which caused a reduction in shipping through the strait of Hormuz and production slowdowns in some oil and gas producing states in the Middle East, may cause broad economic turbulence and higher inflation. Continue reading...
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