Fed Holds Rates Unchanged (As Expected), 'Dots' Signal Hawkish Bias As Warsh Takes Over

Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the speaker of Iran’s parliament, has called for the Iranian people to “maintain unity” in the face of the US blockade and other economic pressure, which he warned is aimed at collapsing Iran “from within.” In a statement issued through Iranian media, Ghalibaf said that President Trump “divides the country into two […]

Fragile US-Iran Interim Peace Deal Tested As 3rd Ship Attack Reignites Hormuz Crisis Summary:  Three maritime incidents reported on Hormuz in last 24 hours  Another unidentified vessel hit by a Drone IRGC forces hit a Saudi Tanker  IRGC forces hit a Qatari LNG tanker IRGC forces hit a Qatari LNG tanker, a Saudi crude tanker, and an unidentified vessel in the Hormuz shipping channel in the last 24 hours. Earlier, we reported that a fully loaded Qatari LNG tanker was struck by a projectile near the Omani coast while exiting the Strait of Hormuz. Bloomberg later reported...

Zelensky Touts "Battle In The Sky" As Key To Winning Asymmetric Fight With Russia Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that the decisive phase of Russia's invasion of Ukraine has shifted from land and sea to the air, making the battle in the sky the determining factor of the war - at a moment Russia has begun to experience a fuel shortage crisis in many locales due to vital energy infrastructure having been struck again and again by inbound suicide drones. Speaking to the Financial Times, Zelensky emphasized that the question of...