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IEA Chief Warns Gulf Flows May Take Six Months To Restore After Biggest-Ever Energy Shock The head of the International Energy Agency told the Financial Times on Friday that the world is severely underestimating the scale of the Gulf energy shock, and that it may take at least six months to restore disrupted oil and gas flows. Fatih Birol described the conflict, now in its third week, as "the greatest global energy security threat in history", and said it would take time "to have oil and gas rehabilitated". "It will be six...

US Debt Matters, But The Euro Area May Create The Next Crisis Authored by Daniel Lacalle via dlacalle.com, The US $40 trillion debt has dominated global headlines. However, although the US fiscal challenges are relevant, we must remember an important lesson. Fiscal policy is not about who wins but who loses first. According to official 2026 estimates, the present value of U.S. Social Security and Medicare financing gaps is about $95 trillion over 75 years, roughly 5% of the cumulative present value of projected GDP over that period, on top of federal...

Ukrainian drones hit an oil depot and an oil export facility in St. Petersburg, Russia, on Sunday, setting the facilities on fire as Ukraine continues targeting Russian oil infrastructure despite President Trump claiming he’s opposed to such attacks. Aleksandr Beglov, the governor of St. Petersburg, said on Telegram that one person was killed and five […]