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Oil majors are having a very good warDiamondback Energy just raised production guidance and reported surging profit, and the mechanism is simple: Middle East conflict has pulled non-OPEC supply into the gap, with Brazil's oil output h…Shell's profits doubled on the same volatility hurting driversShell's trading division profiting from Middle East-driven oil price volatility while UK motorists and bill payers absorb the same volatility as higher costs is the uncomfortable mechanism behind e…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…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…Gold extends drop as US-Iran strikes override safe haven bidGold fell to four-month lows around $4,400 per ounce despite fresh US airstrikes on Iran, extending what has become its worst monthly performance since October 2008. The traditional safe-haven bid …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…India scrambles to stem oil shock damageOil at $115+ per barrel is hammering India's currency and equity markets as foreign investors pull billions from Indian assets. The rupee hit a record low of ₹93.41 per dollar while the Nifty 50 dr…Trump-Xi summit proceeds despite Iran warThe May 14-15 Beijing summit will happen as scheduled, six weeks after Iran tensions forced the original delay. The meeting puts Xi in a stronger position than March, when Trump needed Chinese coop…Trump rules out oil export curbs as Iran war drives pricesTrump administration officials explicitly ruled out restricting US oil exports despite surging global demand from the Iran conflict. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told American Petroleum Institute…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…Asia bond surge marks strongest April in five yearsA brief Iran ceasefire opened the floodgates for Asian issuance, delivering the region's strongest April in five years. Japan's 20-year government bond auction recorded its strongest demand since 2…Singapore PM grabs direct control of national AI strategyLawrence Wong will personally chair Singapore's new National AI Council, abandoning the usual technocrat delegation for direct political oversight. The move follows Wong's warning of "jobless growt…Asian credit hits record tight spreads as money chases yieldAsian investment-grade bond spreads have reached historic lows, with the JACI IG index posting 1.08% returns year-to-date as spreads barely widened 9 basis points. The compression reflects genuine …New York gas prices surge 62 cents as war costs bite votersTrump's Iran war is hitting American wallets hard, and New York's feeling it worst. Gas prices have jumped 62 cents per gallon since the conflict began in February — that's 21% higher and $200 mill…Trump threatens NATO over Europe's Iran war abstentionTrump can't quit NATO legally, but he's testing every way to hurt it. After European allies refused to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, Trump tweeted criticism of the alliance and threatened troop…