Oil briefly surged above $100 per barrel, moving the Iran conflict’s impact from market volatility into the realm of macroeconomic risk. Growth risks are now assessed as moderate, with headwinds ...

The first sign of a crisis in the Persian Gulf does not always look like war. Sometimes it is a price movement. Oil futures rise. Shipping firms review routes. Insurers adjust premiums. Tanker ...

The deaths of three American troops in a drone attack Sunday has thrust the United States deeper into the Middle East conflict and lent fresh urgency to efforts at securing the release of hostages in ...