Published: · Region: Global · Category: Forecast

Sustained Gulf Crisis Drives Structural Upward Shift in Global Energy Risk Premium

Theater: Global
Time horizon: 30d
Published: 2026-06-11
Moderate confidence (70%)
Risk direction: escalatory · Impact: CRITICAL

Executive summary

Over the next 30 days, the combination of recurring US–Iran strikes, contested Hormuz access, and elevated shipping risk is likely to embed a structural risk premium into global energy markets, with Brent maintaining a $5–$10 per barrel uplift versus pre-crisis baseline and heightened volatility. This will translate into higher fuel and electricity costs worldwide, complicating monetary policy for central banks and pressuring emerging-market importers’ balances of payments. Energy exporters, especially the US as top oil exporter, will gain revenue and geopolitical leverage but also face domestic price and inflation backlash. Confirmation would be persistently high implied volatility, steep backwardation in oil curves, and enduring war-risk margins in tanker insurance; denial…

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