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Yen and US dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken March 19, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

What's behind the selloff in world bond markets?

Elevated bond yields could squeeze households and companies as well as exacerbating government finances

Oil platforms and pumpjacks at Lake Maracaibo, in Cabimas, Venezuela, January 26, 2026. REUTERS

Oil extends gains as Trump issues fresh Iran warning

AI-driven cyber risk is top concern for global financial stability: Watchdog

AI-driven cyber risk is top concern for global financial stability: Watchdog

US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC, US, December 17, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz/File Photo

G20 countries should consider more trade barriers on China to cut imbalances: Bessent

US President Donald Trump gives a thumbs-up as he walks to board Marine One following his arrival aboard Air Force One at Morristown Municipal Airport in Morristown, New Jersey, US, on 31 July 2026. Photo: Reuters/File

Trump weighs new 7.5% tariff on China over cheap exports

Cargo ships in the Gulf, near the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from northern Ras al-Khaimah, near the border with Oman’s Musandam governance, amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, in United Arab Emirates, March 11, 2026. Photo: File/Reuters

Oil falls ahead of US announcement on new Iran sanctions

US President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office as he signs the Secure America Act, at the White House in Washington, DC, US, 10 June 2026. REUTERS/Evan Vucci/File Photo

US vows 'economic D-Day' as Iran threatens to halt all oil exports

Photo: Reuters

India turns to sugar imports as prices surge

A pumpjack operates at the Vermilion Energy site in Trigueres, France, June 14, 2024. Photo: REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo

Are global oil stocks big enough to weather another six months of US-Iran war?

Oil tankers passing through the Strait of Hormuz in 2018. Photo: Reuters

Oil prices rise amid US-Iran stalemate

Vessels at the Strait of Hormuz, as seen from Musandam, Oman, 24 June 2026. Photo: REUTERS/Stringer

Oil steady as Iran tempers hopes for swift Hormuz reopening

Euro and Yuan banknotes are seen in this picture illustration taken May 8, 2017. Picture taken May 8, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration

Currency defence gets makeover as emerging Asia guards reserves

Representational image. Photo: Reuters

Oil rises on uncertainty over reopening of Hormuz