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The Strait of Hormuz, long regarded as one of the most critical chokepoints in global energy trade, has abruptly moved to the center of financial markets. Escalating tensions between the United States, Israel, and Iran have triggered credible threats of closure, disrupting a route …

Oil prices have risen more than 40% since the conflict began on February 28, 2026. Brent crude peaked at $126 per barrel on March 8 before easing to approximately $107 on March 20; WTI traded near $94. Brent remains on track for a weekly …

For years, China's policymakers have wrestled with a stubborn deflationary spiral, falling factory prices, shrinking margins and a domestic economy too weak to generate its own momentum. Now, an external shock from a conflict thousands of miles away threatens to end that deflation, but …

Global markets are at an inflection point. Equities are holding up on the surface, but beneath that resilience, bond markets are flashing a clear warning: the era of easy monetary policy is over, and inflation risk is back.

Brent crude has climbed over 22% since January, driven by sustained supply disruption following escalating conflict in the Strait of Hormuz. What began as a commodity-specific spike has become a systemic inflation driver. Energy costs now feed directly into transport logistics, manufacturing inputs, and …

As military tensions escalate around Iran, the world's attention has rightly focused on the geopolitical chessboard: sanctions, oil supplies, and regional power shifts. But beneath these headlines lies a quieter, equally devastating consequence that rarely makes the front page: a looming fresh food-price shock …

Nobody expected this to stay contained, and it hasn't. What started as a targeted US-Israeli military operation on February 28, aimed at Iran's nuclear programme and missile infrastructure, has grown into a multi-front conflict reshaping the global energy order in real time.