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EconomyThe latest accounting on Trump’s Iran war show it could spike the national debt by $65 billion over 60 days
By Shawn TullyMarch 12, 2026

EnergyTrump just put Republicans’ hold on the Senate at risk while sending the national debt higher, Morgan Stanley says
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 12, 2026

EconomyStagflation risks are rising due to Iran conflict, as economist warns it’s ‘getting harder to argue disruption will be temporary’
By Eleanor PringleMarch 12, 2026

By Jim EdwardsMarch 12, 2026

By Charles Edward GehrkeMarch 11, 2026

EnergyTop economist says Iran war could trigger an economic ‘butterfly effect’—and keep inflation elevated for years
By Jake AngeloMarch 11, 2026

EnergyPlastics, fertilizers, clothing, medicines and electronics: $100-a-barrel oil has huge downstream consequences
By André O. Hudson and The ConversationMarch 11, 2026

CommentaryThere’s one particular way the Iran War is different from all the others in American history
By Charles Walldorf and The ConversationMarch 11, 2026

By Charles Edward Gehrke and The ConversationMarch 11, 2026

EconomyTrump may claim the war is ‘complete,’ but Wall Street expects the Fed to stay hawkish long after the conflict has ended
By Eleanor PringleMarch 11, 2026

PoliticsIran’s new supreme leader is injured but reportedly ‘safe’ as traders sour on war exit strategy
By Jim EdwardsMarch 11, 2026

Middle EastIsraeli president’s message to CEOs in D.C.: ‘We need to be steadfast, take a deep breath, and finish the undermining of Iran’
By Diane BradyMarch 11, 2026

By Farah N. Jan and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026

EnergyIran is reportedly laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz—Trump threatens to hit back ’20 times harder’
By Jake AngeloMarch 10, 2026

Middle EastSomething’s different about America since the early 2000s and it has to do with drill, baby, drill
By Amy Myers Jaffe and The ConversationMarch 10, 2026

EconomyTrump’s economy was already exploding the national debt before his $1 billion-a-day war in Iran. Analysts warn about what comes next
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 10, 2026

Middle East‘It’s so impossible to live with’: Former Goldman Sachs CEO Blankfein says the Iran war won’t last long
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMarch 10, 2026

EconomySaudi Aramco CEO issues stark warning: Iran war could bring ‘catastrophic’ shock to global oil
By Tristan BoveMarch 10, 2026

By Jim EdwardsMarch 10, 2026

EnergyStocks stage massive upside reversal as oil plunges after Trump says Iran war could be over soon
By Eva RoytburgMarch 9, 2026

By Steve H. Hanke and John GreenwoodMarch 9, 2026

Middle EastLike Trump, Iran’s new supreme leader is a real estate mogul, with a house on ‘Billionaires’ Row,’ a villa in Dubai, and upscale European hotels
By Jason MaMarch 9, 2026

CryptoDubai’s signature Token2049 crypto event set to go forward even as other conferences hit pause amid growing conflict
By Carlos GarciaMarch 9, 2026

Middle EastIran’s attacks on Amazon data centers in UAE, Bahrain signal a new kind of war as AI plays an increasingly strategic role, analysts say
By Jeremy KahnMarch 9, 2026

EnergyTrump promised to fill America’s oil reserves ‘right to the top.’ A year later, oil has exceeded $100 and they’re still less than 60% full
By Tristan BoveMarch 9, 2026

Middle EastInvestors priced in a 6-week Iraq War, but it lasted 8 years and cost $3 trillion. They’re doing it again
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 9, 2026
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