Summary

April 2 saw the largest one-day spike in oil prices, with the average price of gas reaching $4 across America for the first time since 2022. The economic impact of the ongoing war in Iran was felt almost immediately across the world. Gas prices shot up globally within days of the first missile strikes and have yet to come down. In fact, the Joint Economic Committee’s Democratic minority estimates that the Iran war has cost U.S.

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