How high could the oil price go? | The Economist
2026-05-01
The price of oil has shot up past $126 dollars a barrel, its highest level since 2022. After months of shrugging off concern, markets are finally starting to reflect that the Strait of Hormuz might remain closed, taking about a seventh of the world’s oil supply offline. The Economist’s editor-in-chief, Zanny Minton Beddoes, Edward Carr, deputy editor, and a panel of experts discuss how high the oil price could really go.
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00:00 – How high does the oil price need to go to balance supply and demand?
00:50 – Why has the oil price surged?
01:28 – Are traders in la la land?
03:12 – What has stopped the price from rising?
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Has Donald Trump changed America’s alliances forever? | The Economist
2026-03-23
Former CIA analyst who served in Iraq and now a Democratic senator from Michigan, Elissa Slotkin says there’s no going back to the Obama or Biden era after Trump. She joins David Rennie, The Economist’s geopolitics editor, to discuss what’s next for American foreign policy and how the Democrats could win back the presidency in 2028.
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00:00 – Has Trump changed America’s alliances forever?
01:09 – How the democrats will tackle the 2028 election
03:51 – Is America First foreign policy here to stay?
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