Thursday, March 19, 2026

Friday's News Links

[CNBC] Stocks lower as S&P 500 heads for fourth losing week in a row amid high oil prices: Live updates

[CNBC] Oil falls as U.S. weighs releasing sanctioned Iranian crude to cool prices

[CNBC] UK government borrowing costs hit their highest level since 2008 as inflation fears hit the gilt market

[CNBC] U.S. Treasury yields edge higher as Iran war drives inflation pressure

[AP] Live updates: Iran retaliates against Gulf energy sites as stocks sink worldwide

[WSJ] Pentagon Sends More Troops to Middle East

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Iran Keeps Up Gulf Strikes as War Approaches Three-Week Mark

[Axios] Trump mulls risky Kharg Island takeover to force Iran to open strait

[Axios] House GOP welcomes $200B Pentagon request to jump-start reconciliation 2.0

[Yahoo Finance] Gasoline prices hit highest level since March 2022 as oil tops $100

[MSN/WP] Small business reeling from tariffs brace for spiking oil prices

[Yahoo Finance] How the Strait of Hormuz closure impacts the auto sector

[Telegraph] This is an energy emergency: entire countries may run out of oil

[Yahoo/Telegraph] Chinese squeeze on ‘war metal’ to send cost of missiles soaring

[CNBC] U.S. says Cuba is prohibited from taking Russian oil as two tankers head to island

[NYT] In Japan, Trump’s Pearl Harbor Joke Elicits Scorn and Dismay

[Bloomberg] Treasuries Slide as Elevated Oil Prices Fuel Inflation Fears

[Bloomberg] Markets Are Underpricing This Commodity Shock

[Bloomberg] Central Banks Won’t Be Riding to the Rescue This Time

[Bloomberg] Why Diesel Prices Are the Real Concern for the Economy

[Bloomberg] Oil Tanker Market’s Key Rate Thrown Into Chaos With Hormuz Shut

[Bloomberg] EU Leaders Confront Multi-Year Energy Squeeze After Qatar Hit

[Bloomberg] Indian Rupee Falls Most in Four Years as Risks From War Mount

[Bloomberg] Shock Resignation of India Bank Chief Baffles Global Investors

[Bloomberg] Iran War’s Energy Shock Puts Some Major IMF Borrowers at Risk

[NYT] Scramble for Jet Fuel Shows How Energy Shortages Are Rippling Across Asia

[NYT] Record Number of Student Loan Borrowers Are in Delinquency and Default

[WSJ] Iranian Strikes Take Big Toll on Qatar’s Ability to Export Gas

[WSJ] The Critical Energy Assets Hit in the Gulf

[WSJ] Saudi Arabia Sees a Spike to $180 Oil if Energy Shock Persists Past April

[WSJ] Taiwan’s All-Hands-on-Deck Plan to Fend Off China

[FT] Iran war is the greatest threat to global energy ‘in history’, warns IEA

[FT] UK borrowing costs hit highest level since 2008 amid inflation shock

[FT] Tett: The war over tail risks is in full swing

[FT] Qatar’s gas empire comes under fire

[FT] Military briefing: the perils of the Hormuz escort plan

[FT] The black-box funds fuelling insurers’ private credit binge

[FT] China’s crackdown on fuel and fertiliser exports spurs supply fears

[FT] Anthropic showdown fractures Donald Trump’s pact with Silicon Valley