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How Chinese Goods Reached Iran Despite Billions in Sanctions
Iran has created a barter-like system to bypass sanctions on its oil sales, allowing it to acquire billions of dollars in goods from China,...
The US Just Bombed Iran’s Shadow Fleet: What Happens to Oil, Banks and the Next Sanctions War?
TODAY'S NUMBERS:
$100 (Brent crude, after Wednesday's tanker strikes) · 4.92% (US 10-year Treasury yield) · $4,440 (gold, per troy ounce)
Oil and yields are climbing...
Trump’s Iran Campaign Risks Becoming America’s Next ‘Forever War’
When Donald Trump ran for a second term, he promised to be a “president of peace” and claimed he would end foreign wars rather...
Could Strait of Hormuz Uncertainty Push Oil Prices Above $100 a Barrel?
The Strait of Hormuz has become the central pressure point in the escalating confrontation between the United States and Iran. Before the conflict, roughly...
Could Europe’s Gas Crisis Leave Lasting Scars on Its Economy?
Europe is heading toward another difficult winter for its energy system, but this time the problem comes at a particularly sensitive moment. European natural...
Iran Threatens Economic Warfare as Houthi Attacks Raise Regional Tensions
Iran has threatened the United States with what it calls “economic warfare” and warned of further military action as the six month old conflict...
US-Iran Fire in the Strait of Hormuz: What Happens to Oil, Gold and the Fed’s Next Move
TODAY'S NUMBERS:
$97.19 (Brent crude, a six-week high) · $5.85 (US retail diesel, a record) · 4.79% (US 10-year Treasury yield)
War in the Gulf is...
Iran Plans New Gulf Zone as Hormuz Tensions Push Oil Prices Higher
Iran says it will announce a new restricted zone in the Gulf and publish maps for a new shipping corridor through the Strait of...
Bessent’s “Economic D-Day” Is Regime Change by Other Means
When a Treasury secretary reaches for Normandy to describe a sanctions package, the mission has already outgrown its sales pitch.
Scott Bessent’s new Financial Times...
Beijing Versus Washington: The New Economics of Iran’s Sanctions War
China is buying ninety percent of Iran's oil exports, settling transactions in renminbi, and hiding the rest beneath layers of shell companies. This is...