{"id":22212,"date":"2022-07-07T06:52:03","date_gmt":"2022-07-07T04:52:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.accuracy.com\/2022\/07\/07\/economic-brief-what-the-figures-tell-us-14\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T11:26:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T09:26:15","slug":"economic-brief-embargoes-and-energy-prices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.accuracy.com\/en_gb\/economic-brief-embargoes-and-energy-prices\/","title":{"rendered":"Embargoes and energy prices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With the global economy in turmoil, energy prices are exploding. A general rising trend in the prices of oil and gas since mid-last year has been compounded in recent weeks by the war in Ukraine and the economic reprisals taken by the West against Russia. These reprisals now include a partial embargo on Russian hydrocarbons. But what does that mean in the short term? And how does the current situation compare with the oil crisis of the 1970s? 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