Japan's 10-year bond yield hits 2.1% as markets price in imminent rate hike
Benchmark yield reaches highest level since 1998 as derivative markets price in 88% probability of BOJ rate hike at 1 May meeting.
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Saudi Arabia and UAE push for UN mandate on Strait of Hormuz enforcement
Gulf states seek Chapter VII authority for multinational naval force, signalling distrust of the bilateral US-Iran negotiation process.
Brent crude falls below $98 as ceasefire optimism builds
First commercial tanker transit of the Strait in three weeks drives oil below $98, but prices remain 35% above pre-conflict levels.
India deploys additional naval assets to Arabian Sea as Hormuz tensions persist
Largest Indian naval deployment outside the Indian Ocean in a decade as New Delhi moves to protect energy supply lines independently of US-led coalition.
The West's Hormuz problem is bigger than Iran
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Tehran threatens retaliation
Tehran threatened to retaliate against its Gulf neighbors' ports after weekend talks in Islamabad on ending the war broke down. And then when I click publish work
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