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Sina Toossi@SinaToossi
WSJ: the feared oil crunch may not have been avoided, just delayed. The likely reason is that the world had more "hidden" oil inventories than analysts realized. But those stockpiles are finite. If Hormuz remains disrupted, prices could rise sharply once they're exhausted.
6:03 PM · Aug 7, 2026 · 22.3K Views
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Drop Site@DropSiteNews
Johns Hopkins scholar Vali Nasr tells host Tom Switzer that Washington’s fixation on Tehran “overplaying its hand” reflects disbelief at how dramatically the balance of power has shifted. “Iran is not overplaying. It’s just playing its hand,” he said. Iran sees a narrow window
6:48 AM · Aug 10, 2026 · 46.7K Views
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https://www.eia.gov/dnav/pet/hist/LeafHandler.ashx?n=PET&s=WCSSTUS1&f=W
https://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/Press-Release/current_press_release/ft900.pdf
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/give-them-inch
Following Friday’s employment report, the case for a Fed hike is weakening, but it is certainly not yet done for. The headline payrolls number disappointed, with a -23,000 jobs print and a 37,000 downward revision to the June estimate. In contrast, unemployment declined from 4.2% to 4.1%, but the underlying data indicate that this was due to a big fall in labour supply that outpaced the decline in household employment.
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