Dollars and Sense
The oil crisis grabbed the headlines. The food crisis may be the one that lasts. The Strait of Hormuz carries a third of the...
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Dollars and Sense
The fight over the Strait of Hormuz has moved off the water and into the wording of diplomatic statements. Months after Iran’s blockade of...
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Oil just posted its worst quarter in five years, sliding all the way back to where it traded before the U.S. and Israel struck...
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The Strait of Hormuz was finally reopening — then two tankers were attacked, the U.S. struck Iran again, and shipping collapsed from 70 crossings...
Dollars and Sense
The Strait of Hormuz carries far more than oil — helium for semiconductors, fertilizer, petrochemical feedstocks, a third of the world's farm goods. With...
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Tankers are moving through Hormuz again, crude has fallen below its prewar price, and the worst of the oil shock looks like it's passing....
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Iran fired on a cargo ship off Oman on Thursday — hours after warning vessels not to use a new UN-backed route through the...
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Most accounts credit U.S. firepower or Iranian resilience for ending the war. This analysis argues the real story was oil — and the outcome...
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Trump says there are "no tolls, no insurance costs, and no other charges" in the Strait of Hormuz — and threatens to end talks...
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When the Iran war sent gas prices surging, Americans drove less, took transit, and rushed to buy hybrids and EVs. But the shift won't...