Patricia Cohen
speaker
206 appearances
2 recordings
2 series
first heard Mar 2026
last heard 14 May
Patricia Cohen’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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And I think it's important to take a moment and say, you know, we're talking about the future and we are in an incredibly volatile period.
Things are so unpredictable.
And it's really hard to know what's going to happen next.
I should also add it's bad for business because when consumers are worried about what's happening, they don't want to spend as much.
And remember, the U.S.
economy is really driven by consumer spending, 70 percent of it.
Secondly, it also means that businesses are reluctant to invest because they don't know what's happening in the future.
So there's a crisis of confidence a little bit.
But what I will say is if energy prices stay high, if oil, let's say, goes up to $180 a barrel or higher, then it's going to be very difficult to avoid a recession.
So I don't think we're there yet.
But, you know, we're in this world of uncertainty.
There's a lot we don't know.
How much longer is this war going to last?
Are there going to be more attacks on energy infrastructure?
Right.
Well, you know, I guess one question is what is normal?
Right.
Right.
So yesterday, the head of the International Energy Agency said that he thought it would take at least six months, even if the war were to end tomorrow, just to get production up to where it was.
Why is that?
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