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🚨🇺🇸 IRAN CONFLICT'S SHADOW LOOMS OVER US ECONOMY 🔹 Oil prices jump: U.S. crude up 6.3% to $71.23, Brent 6.7% to $77.74/barrel 📈 🔹 Prolonged conflict could push oil past $100, gas to $3.50/gallon across US ⛽ 🔹 Natural gas prices also rise, with Strait of Hormuz key for 20% of global supply ⚠️ 🔹 Lingering inflation concerns exacerbated; Fed's target of 2% remains elusive at 3% 📉 🔹 Business confidence at risk, potentially slowing investment & hiring; 2025 hiring weakest since 2002 💔 Americans already sour on the economy – will regional conflicts push it to the brink? 🤔 #USEconomy#Inflation#Geopolitics @america