Is the global economy in for a new oil shock? | Larry Elliot
by Larry Elliott from Economics | The Guardian on (#4H9EX)
Trump's hawkish stance with Iran could prove too much for an already fragile world economy
An oil price surge prompted by trouble in the Middle East inevitably conjures up memories of late 1973, when a dramatic rise in the cost of crude ended the long postwar global economic boom.
No question, the embargo organised by Opec during the Yom Kippur war was a game changer. The west had got used to oil prices of around $2 a barrel; within weeks it was paying $11 a barrel. Inflation soared, growth slowed, unemployment hit levels not seen since the 1930s.
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