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Wizz Air's £170m loss is the Hormuz risk premium made visibleWizz Air posted a £170m loss and warned that elevated fuel costs tied to the Iran conflict could wipe out full-year profit entirely. Budget carriers run on wafer-thin margins built around cheap fue…Diesel prices are the real Middle East risk gauge nowDiesel markets reacting harder than crude to the latest Middle East escalation reflects a structural squeeze that's been building for months: European refining capacity has shrunk since the energy …Europe is heading into winter with gas storage at the lowest level in yearsEuropean gas storage sits at historic lows for this point in the season, a position that leaves the continent with far less buffer than it had going into the last two winters when Russian pipeline …Ryanair's profit warning is what happens when hedging runs outRyanair's fuel hedges were built for a calmer Middle East, and the Iran conflict has pushed jet fuel costs past what those contracts were priced to absorb. US petrol crossing $4 a gallon again is t…US inflation at 3.5% still isn't the Fed's numberFalling gasoline prices did the heavy lifting on this print, not underlying disinflation, and that distinction matters more than the headline drop. A 3.5% rate driven by energy is fragile precisely…Heating oil customers get compensation after price-hike rulingRedress payments are landing for households hit by unexplained heating oil price spikes, a small but overdue win for rural customers with no mains gas alternative and little pricing leverage.Delta's CEO says high fuel prices won't dent earnings, pointing to premium cabin demand and capacity discipline as the offset.Delta's CEO says high fuel prices won't dent earnings, pointing to premium cabin demand and capacity discipline as the offset.Hormuz disruption is rewriting Asia's energy mix in real timeJapan is switching gas capacity to coal because LNG cannot get through a choked Strait of Hormuz, and that single operational decision tells you more about energy security than a year of policy pap…ECB's Rehn calls the energy shock stagflationary. That word choice is load-bearing.ECB Governing Council member Olli Rehn has explicitly described the recent energy shock as stagflationary, which is not a word central bankers use casually. Stagflation removes the standard policy …UK energy price cap rises 13% today. The real number is what it does to wage demands.Ofgem's energy price cap rises 13% from today, adding roughly £160 to the average annual household bill and marking the steepest increase since the 2022 crisis peak. The direct household impact is …New Zealand dollar faces a difficult Q3Analysts are flagging that the New Zealand dollar enters Q3 with growth headwinds from weak Chinese demand and a domestic economy running below potential. For UK exporters with NZD receivables, the…India's EV sales are up 30% since the Gulf crisis. The structural shift is now self-reinforcing.A 50-60% oil price spike was, it turns out, all India needed to tip its EV market into a new gear. The Financial Times reports EV sales up as much as 30% since the Hormuz crisis began, with the sur…South Korean producer prices are up 6.9% year-on-year. The Bank of Korea's next move is no longer obvious.South Korea's producer price index has hit its highest level since October 2022, with April's 6.9% year-on-year reading driven by a 73.9% surge in coal and petroleum product prices as the Hormuz cr…Malaysia may miss deficit target as fuel subsidies hit RM7bn monthlyFinance Minister Amir Hamzah Azizan warned the 3.5% deficit target is at risk after fuel subsidies exploded to RM7 billion in April alone, roughly 10 times pre-Iran war levels. The government cut R…Cuba eyes biggest US fuel shipment since Cold War embargoA Florida trading company is in advanced talks to send Cuba a very large US fuel cargo, potentially the biggest such shipment since the Eisenhower-era embargo began in 1960. The deal comes as Cuba …UK energy bills set to jump £209 in July as cap rises 13%British households face their biggest quarterly bill increase since winter 2022, with the energy price cap forecast to rise from £1,641 to around £1,850 for typical users from July. The 13% jump re…ECB's Guindos signals weaker growth must factor into June decisionThe ECB's vice president added his voice to calls for considering economic weakness alongside inflation risks in next month's rate decision.China mine blast kills 82, coking coal futures hit daily limitA gas explosion at Shanxi province's Liushenyu mine killed 82 workers and triggered daily limit moves in Chinese coking coal futures as traders priced in supply disruptions and safety crackdowns. T…European gas plunges 8% on U.S.-Iran deal optimismDutch TTF futures dropped over 8% to €46-48/MWh as Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the U.S. Is "nearing the end of the war in Iran" and expects gas prices "with a three in front of it." The m…Walmart sees consumer stress as gas tank fill-ups fall below 10 gallonsAverage fuel purchases at Walmart stations dropped below 10 gallons for the first time since 2022, signaling cash flow strain among lower-income shoppers. CFO John David Rainey called it a clear st…Japan's bond vigilantes break 27-year yield ceilingThe last time Japanese 20-year bonds yielded 3.44%, Tony Blair was starting his first term. Yesterday's breach of the 1997 high signals the end of Japan's ultra-low rate era, driven by oil prices s…Philippine peso hits record low despite rate hike betsThe peso touched 61.30 per dollar, its weakest ever, as energy import costs and potential sovereign downgrades outweigh expectations of BSP tightening. Analysts forecast a slide to 62 despite calls…Asian airlines cut 2 million seats as fuel crisis hits harder than pandemicAirAsia's Tony Fernandes calls the jet fuel shortage worse than Covid for airlines, and the numbers back him up. Asian carriers have slashed 2 million seats amid soaring oil prices driven by Middle…Asia's $7bn bond exodus exposes Iran war's real costEnergy prices spiking 70% across Asia matter less than the $7.57 billion fleeing regional bonds in March alone. The IMF revised growth projections downward by 0.6% from 2025 levels, with cumulative…Oil consolidates above $100 as Pepperstone calls upsideBrent crude trades between $93-$103.50 per barrel in what Pepperstone's Dilin Wu calls a consolidation pointing to the upside. Korean and Japanese equities plunged over 10% from February highs as e…Woodside sees higher LNG prices boosting results aheadAustralia's largest independent oil producer is riding the energy crisis wave. Woodside expects stronger LNG earnings in coming quarters as Q3 revenue surged 19 percent to $1.53 billion on 40 perce…War-driven power spike hits China's factory brokersPower brokers in Guangdong are canceling long-term supply deals with factories as Iran war disruptions spike spot electricity prices, eroding broker margins on fixed-price contracts. The crisis val…Labour's energy price reality check hits voters hardMost Brits are furious with Labour over rising energy costs — not because the government caused them, but because it promised to fix them without explaining how. The tax fears mounting around Westm…