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Also in today’s newsletter: SpaceX kicks off largest IPO process in history, and Saudi Arabia bridles at Trump’s handling of Iran war

World’s third-largest supplier hopes Asia trade will offer leverage for much-needed fuel and diesel supplies

Central bank warns conflict likely to hit economic growth as Keir Starmer insists UK ‘well placed’ to weather crisis

Beijing will seek to replicate Tehran’s playbook in the Taiwan Strait — and the global economic impact could be even worse

Those refinancing a five-year fix face paying an extra £395 a month on average — but will still be paying less than those who fixed two years ago

This is starting to look like a central bank appeasing its political masters

Meeting comes after Trump criticised allies and indicated reopening the strait may not be a priority for US in Iran war

Reducing the world’s dependency on the dollar is in the interest of every country that buys energy, issues debt or trades

Also in today’s newsletter: markets rally on hopes for end to the Iran war and Germany rethinks nuclear power ban

Central banks in the region have difficult trade-offs to make and government action generally complicates things

Trump’s tariffs have not led to the kind of retaliatory action many expected

The owners of the Maryland clothing company Princess Awesome explain how the levies nearly devastated their business

Yields on China’s debt are down marginally since the start of the conflict while those of other major economies have risen

Governments should focus more on boosting supply and productivity

Unless the war ends quickly, a rise in Eurozone interest rates looks inevitable

The Middle East war has highlighted another potential choke point for the semiconductor supply chain

Underlying price pressures were muted, reducing concerns about high energy inflation

Middle East energy shock pushes annual rate past European Central Bank’s 2% target

Also in today’s newsletter: US petrol prices rise above $4 a gallon while Unilever and McCormick in talks to create $60bn food group

A longer war makes long bonds interesting