CNN New Day With John Berman and Brianna Keilar February 16, 2022 12:43:00
Crude oil prices already, john, up this year, struggling to keep up with the demand of a rapidly growing and reopening economy. russia of course is the world's second largest producer of oil. a war in europe or sanctions that cut off supply would send prices even higher. the question, how high? if prices rise north of 110 bucks a barrel, one estimate has annual inflation in the u.s. topping 10%. that would be the highest since 1981. energy prices are a huge factor in this red-hot inflation hitting your household budget. january is consumer price index, 7.5%, already the fastest in four decades...