Shahab Jafry

So perhaps the red flag we have been watching in global bond markets for the past few weeks has finally stopped fluttering politely and started waving hard enough to demand attention.

Perhaps the strangest thing about Brent crossing $100 again is how unsurprising it has begun to feel.

Perhaps the strangest thing about Brent crossing $100 again is how unsurprising it has begun to feel. Six months into the Iran war, traders are still trying to establish how much oil is actually moving through the Strait of Hormuz, tankers are...

My Wednesday deadline means I must always file my column just before important economic and financial announcements in the US, like the Federal

Perhaps the dollar is trying to tell us something. It has climbed to its highest level in two months even as oil has slipped back below

Perhaps the dollar is trying to tell us something. It has climbed to its highest level in two months even as oil has slipped back below USD100, hopes of diplomacy in the Iran war have improved and risk appetite has returned to global markets....

Somehow, after a quarter in which oil rebounded 40 percent, US diesel prices hit records, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, government

Somehow, after a quarter in which oil rebounded 40 percent, US diesel prices hit records, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, government borrowing costs climbed to levels unseen in decades and corporate bonds suffered their worst quarterly...

Something rather strange is happening in the supposedly sensible end of financial markets.

Brent crude is trading above $108 a barrel despite a substantial recovery in shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, raising an increasingly awkward