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Iran Hormuz Attack Spree Starts Choking Oil Flows (Again), UBS Warns
Iran Hormuz Attack Spree Starts Choking Oil Flows (Again), UBS Warns
A surge in Iranian drone attacks on commercial ships appears to be weighing on Middle Eastern energy exports through the Strait of Hormuz, with 24 attacks reported so far this month. The latest reports indicate that two Emirati container ships were struck and sank in the narrow waterway within the past 24 hours.
UBS energy expert Henri Patricot told clients on Wednseday morning that crude and petroleum-product flows exiting the Gulf of Oman dropped to 9.1 million barrels a day over the...
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With the Fed in their self-imposed blackout period, the economic data will get a chance to do the talking ahead of the March 18th FOMC meeting. Of particular note will be the inflation data, namely Wednesday’s CPI report for February and Friday’s core PCE reading for January, but there will also be some scattered labor market data to help put context around last Friday’s disappointing February employment report. Of course, all of that assumes that traders can be dragged...
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