Everyone Is Celebrating Falling Oil Prices — One Analyst Warns They’re Actually the First Sign of Something Much Worse

Everyone expected $150 oil when Iran choked the Strait of Hormuz. Instead prices keep falling — and one contrarian forecast says they could crash below $40. Not because the crisis is over, but because a recession is starting: factories slowing, freight collapsing, consumers pulling back until demand for oil itself dies. Meanwhile America's emergency reserve keeps draining. If the thesis is right, cheap gas isn't relief — it's the opening act of something much worse.