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The impact on oil prices and in turn, on inflation is the focus for investors already uneasy about the backdrop for stocks.
The conflict spread over the weekend after the US and Israel attacked Iran — killing the Islamic Republic’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei — and Tehran responded with waves of missiles at targets in multiple countries. The risk-off mood on Monday
U.S. stocks stumbled and oil prices jumped after the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. What does this mean for your money?
The dollar index (DXY00 ) is up by +0.88% today at a 5-week high. The dollar is climbing today as today's surge in oil prices to an 8.25-month high has boosted inflation expectations and reduced the chance for additional Fed rate cuts, a supportive factor
JPMorgan Chase warns that Brent crude oil prices could spike to $120 per barrel due to a sustained disruption of oil flows through the Strait of Hormuz following recent US and Israeli military action against Iran.
Oil prices surged, global stocks sank and gold rose Monday as concerns about a broadening war with Iran began to ripple through financial markets.
History shows market can recover quite quickly from geopolitical shocks
The sudden eruption of the Middle East conflict saw stocks drop around the world and introduced new uncertainty into global markets
Stock markets in the U.S. are poised to drop amid concerns that the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran could drive up energy costs.
Tariffs and an Iran conflict–sparked oil shock are layering costs and uncertainty onto corporate finances.
Massive U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran have raised fears of a wider regional war and prolonged disruption to energy flows through the Strait of Hormuz.
Fears of disruption to global oil and LNG supplies are escalating as a geopolitical conflict involving Iran impacts shipping and insurance costs in the vital Strait of Hormuz trade route.
Oil prices rose sharply Monday as disruptions in tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz chokepoint raised uncertainty about how U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran would affect supply to the world economy. Higher oil prices raise the prospect of costli
Outright prices for jet fuel, gasoline, high-sulfur fuel oil and naphtha — a petroleum product used as a petrochemical feedstock and to make road fuel — also soared. Tanker traffic through the Strait of Hormuz — a critical artery for more than four milli
U.S. Federal Reserve officials who have largely accepted that artificial intelligence will lead to dramatic shifts in the economy are now struggling to understand the pace and extent of what's to come, with a divide emerging over its potential to impact t