It has already caused the biggest energy supply shock in history
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For investors, the war is like the invasion of Ukraine all over again
Prices will surge in the short run—and may stay high for a while
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
A longer war means a harsher global economic fallout
Our podcast on markets, the economy and business. This week, the situation long feared by oil-watchers has become a reality
Whatever happens in the Strait of Hormuz, energy markets have been changed for ever
