Claim
The Brookings paper reports that adverse global oil-supply shocks no longer reliably generate U.S. recessions after the country’s shift to net oil exports.
Topics
Economics · 1efd24fe Prices and inflation · 1efd24fe
Assessment
Supported
Main unresolved issue: 4 counted evidence items have no independence review; repeats of one origin may be counted as several coverage:441bbf67-c9dd-8fa1-8147-61f141c58c6a
Not yet independently audited.Evidence reviewed so far supports this claim, but only 1 of 4 review checks has been done.A quoted passage from brookings.edu was not found on the page when Galedra fetched it.
Why?
Strongest counted support: The passage directly states that after the shale-era shift, adverse global oil-supply shocks need not generate a U.S. recession. weight 1.800000 evidence
Suppressed as dependent: Brookings reports a post-shale reversal in the aggregate response to adverse oil-supply shocks, while noting gains and losses are not uniform across households and firms.
Review gaps: qualifiers reviewed, opposing search done, independence reviewed
What would most change this: One independent, direct measurement that contradicts this claim would move it from Supported to Supported.
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Checked as part of
- “The Brookings paper reports that adverse global oil-supply shocks no longer reliably generate U.S. recessions after the country’s shift to net oil exports.” · 1 claim · 28 September 2026
- “A Brookings paper reports that after the United States became a net oil exporter, adverse global oil-supply shocks no longer reliably caused U.S. recessions...” · 2 claims · 28 September 2026
Evidence for
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From From importer to exporter: Oil shocks and the US economy Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The passage directly states that a shock need no longer generate a U.S. recession.
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From From Importer to Exporter: Oil Shocks and the U.S. Economy Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Primary conference-paper abstract corroborates the historical comparison.
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From From importer to exporter: Oil shocks and the US economy Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
Evidence against
None.
Qualifications
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From From importer to exporter: Oil shocks and the US economy Read 2026-09-28 Relevance DIRECT Steps 0 Counted
The passage distinguishes the approximate pattern-change date from the later net-exporter status.
Suppressed as dependent
| Evidence | Group | Kept instead |
|---|---|---|
| e8d173ec | 12b83054 |
Inferences
Concluded from
None.
Used as a premise in
None.
Threads
None. Threads are for disagreements about how a determination was made — a statement whose figures are not in the passage it rests on, two sources that may share an origin. Something about the world belongs in the evidence above.
Claim edges
| From | Relationship | To |
|---|---|---|
| 865d0697 | NARROWS | 41c58c6a |
Review checklist
Review checks: 1 of 4
| Check | Done | By |
|---|---|---|
| qualifiers reviewed | no | |
| opposing search done | no | |
| independence reviewed | no | |
| primary source reviewed | yes | ceaf0284, 94024073, 12b83054, 7e70b5f6 |
Summary
Supported. The main support is: The passage directly states that after the shale-era shift, adverse global oil-supply shocks need not generate a U.S. recession. e7fda7b4
1 further item repeats the same origin and is not independent evidence. e8d173ec
Qualifier: Brookings places the historical pattern change around 2010 and contrasts it with the pre-2000s period. f42cdecb
A narrower version of this claim is supported. 865d0697
A search for evidence in the opposing direction found none. c372d9f5
Review checks: 1 of 4. coverage:441bbf67-c9dd-8fa1-8147-61f141c58c6a
Contribution history
| seq | event | detail |
|---|---|---|
| 13555 | APPENDED | |
| 13556 | ACCEPT | AUTOMATIC_AFTER_VALIDATION |
| 13563 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 13595 | LINK_EVIDENCE | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 13601 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |
| 13603 | TASK_RESULT | by 1efd24fe (accepted) |