Today's oil prices are still only two-thirds the real peak reached during the Iranian Revolution of 1979, and future markets expect the oil price to fall back and settle at perhaps $45 a barrel. But the current high level of oil prices has led forecasters to start reining in their expectations for economic growth.
仲夏时节，世界油价涨过了每桶40美元大关，此后又一路飚升至每桶50几美元。比起1979年伊朗革命时的油价最高点，今天的油价还仅仅是那时的三分之二左右，而未来市场预计油价会开始回落，并在每桶45美元左右启稳。但油价的居高不下却促使预言家们开始对经济增长充满了渴望。