A running log of tanker attacks in and around the Strait of Hormuz during the Iran war: weekly counts, each incident by date and the effect on Gulf oil flows.
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Qeshm Island Strike Wasn’t Announced. It Wasn’t the First.
The U.S. hit Iran’s Qeshm Island Monday in a series of strikes it never announced, the WSJ reports. In June, CENTCOM publicly announced its Qeshm strike.
Opinion
Iran Set Its Watch to Oct. 28. The Fed Keeps Its Own Calendar.
Iran’s tanker campaign pushed oil to $110 and inflation to 3.7%. But the Fed looks set to skip Iran’s Oct. 28 deadline, and bond traders did the hiking.
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How Yellow Blocks Nobody Wanted Became A Quiet Crisis
Hormuz and a wave of export bans left the world short – squeezing fertilizer, nickel and copper. While Alberta holds the world’s biggest stockpile.
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Running on Reserves: The Oil Crisis by the Numbers, Eight Months In
The U.S. oil reserve is at its lowest since 1982 and global stocks fell 507M barrels in six months. The oil crisis in government data, eight months in.
Opinion
Iran Wrote a Formula to Move the Fed. Washington Is Answering With Oil Contracts.
Iran’s speaker rewrote the Fed’s Taylor rule around Hormuz. Washington’s reply: LNG deals, Venezuelan oil and a G7 diesel release. So who blinks first?
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Iran’s 7-Day Offer, Trump’s No, And What Each Side Wants
Iran offered to reopen the Strait of Hormuz in seven days if the U.S. met its terms. Trump said no. What each side wants, and what is still unconfirmed.