Which event affected the economy of New Mexico during the 1970s and helped to cause stagflation?

The oil crises of the 1970s drove up energy prices and contributed to inflation while economic growth slowed. That combination of inflation and stagnation is called stagflation. NAFTA and USMCA were established decades later, and the Bretton Woods system was not the event behind 1970s stagflation.

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