-- （第10-12段更新了白宮的回應。） 根據《國會山報》週一報道，美國總統唐納德·川普表示，汽油價格接近每加侖4美元可能會迅速下降，並駁斥了汽油價格可能在明年之前維持在每加侖3美元以上的預測。 據報道，川普表示，他不同意能源部長克里斯·賴特的觀點，即汽油價格可能要到2027年才會跌破每加侖3美元，他稱這一評估「完全錯誤」。 報道還稱，川普補充說，一旦伊朗衝突結束，燃油價格就會下降。 報導稱，賴特週日告訴CNN，由於霍爾木茲海峽的航運中斷，汽油價格可能在明年之前維持在每加侖3美元以上。 賴特表示，燃油價格可能已經達到峰值，預計會回落，並補充說，解決伊朗衝突將大幅降低能源成本。 美國財政部長貝森特上週表示，汽油價格最快可能在今年夏季回落至每加侖3美元左右。 報告引述美國汽車協會的數據稱，受伊朗相關航運限制的影響，全球石油市場動盪不安，導緻美國汽油價格自2022年以來首次突破每加侖4美元。 美國已對伊朗港口實施封鎖。川普在訪談中表示，該措施非常有效，每天對伊朗造成約5億美元的損失。 報告指出，外交努力仍不明朗。副總統約翰·萬斯將率領美方在巴基斯坦舉行會談，而伊朗方面表示尚未決定是否加入談判。 白宮在回應的置評請求時表示，一旦霍爾木茲海峽恢復通航，預計能源價格將會下降。 白宮發言人泰勒羅傑斯在回覆的電子郵件中表示：“川普總統以創紀錄的速度將油氣價格降至多年來的低點，隨著霍爾木茲海峽交通恢復正常，這些能源價格將再次暴跌。” 羅傑斯說，川普將這些波動描述為“短期、暫時的干擾”，並表示這些問題將透過對伊朗的軍事行動和正在進行的和平談判得到解決。 （市場閒談新聞來自與全球市場專業人士的對話。這些資訊據信來自可靠來源，但可能包含傳聞和推測。準確性無法保證。）
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