Market Stress: How the Middle East war is rattling global markets and economies – Global Impact Overview
Asian currencies have emerged as some of the biggest casualties of the conflict-driven oil shock. Indonesia’s rupiah recently…
Pension fund snaps up cut-price bonds amid Starmer sell-off
Wednesday 13 May 2026 1:21 pm Standard Life said the political uncertainty was ‘feeding into gilt prices’ One…
5 Things to Know Before the Stock Market Opens
Stocks ended Tuesday mostly lower as chip stocks pulled back from their recent rally.Credit: Angela Weiss / AFP…
Global shares trade mixed as AI excitement fades and war worries persist
TOKYO (AP) — Global shares traded mixed Wednesday, as fading enthusiasm over AI and other technology stocks gradually…
Oil market in ‘race against time’ on Hormuz, Morgan Stanley says
SOUTH-EAST ASIA (Bloomberg): The oil market is in “a race against time” as the factors that combined to restrain…
German firms in China more upbeat about economy despite Iran war, trade headwinds: survey
German companies in China have grown more optimistic about the country’s economic outlook, even as the Iran war…
Soaring energy profits reignite calls for windfall tax across Europe
European oil and gas companies benefited from higher energy prices caused by the disruption linked to the Iran…
Food Prices Rise to Highest in Three Years on Iran War Costs
(Bloomberg) — Global food prices climbed to their highest level in more than three years as the Iran…
Whirlpool Says Iran War Has Caused ‘Recession-Level Industry Decline’
Appliance maker Whirlpool says it’s seeing firsthand the damage the Iran war has done to the economy. Loading…
2 Things Are Driving US Economic Growth and the Iran War Threatens Both
The US economy is increasingly reliant on just two things to drive continued growth and the Iran war…
Opinion | The 2026 Energy Crisis and Our Wile E. Coyote Moment
Pop culture has long memorialized the Warner Brothers cartoon gag in which Wile E. Coyote, lured by his…
Peering through a New Zealand lens at Trump’s America
New Zealand photographer Craig Wright headed to Texas for a long-planned documentary project about red state culture. Then…