Shipping and insurance disruptions now trigger domino effects across other industries

The Cabinet also urges government officials to suspend non-essential overseas travel during the period

The jamming can distort vessels’ reported speeds and locations

The US president has said that the war can end only with a compliant Iranian government

The shifts have hit across key coverage groups, from real estate to equity capital markets

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[BEIJING] China’s export growth quickened in the January-February period, customs data showed on Tuesday, keeping the world’s second-largest economy on track to…

The BOJ raised its short-term policy target to a 30-year high of 0.75 per cent in December

Zhang Bo, the world’s largest private producer of the metal, has a grip on low-cost output at a critical moment for global…

The STI gains 1.6% in early trading while the Kuala Lumpur Composite Index rises 1.1%

[SYDNEY] A measure of Australian business conditions held steady in February with sales improving a little, a survey showed on Tuesday, though…

Some industry players are clinging to optimism that the conflict will end within months, rather than years

Consumers fear the Middle East conflict will push up fuel prices, energy bills and inflation.

Domestic demand contributes 0.3 of a percentage point to fourth-quarter GDP, revised up from zero

[SYDNEY] Australia’s consumer sentiment bounced modestly in early March after three months of retreat, a survey showed on Tuesday, though the mood…

A prolonged spike in oil and petrol costs could cost Trump and Republicans at the midterm elections

The war has effectively shut the Strait of Hormuz

Foreigners account for about 90% of the country’s population

The specific fields affected and the extent of curtailed production are not immediately clear

An economist says that the doubling in natural gas prices alone will add 3 percentage points