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The great commodity-market mystery is deepening
A hypothetical third Gulf war closes the Strait of Hormuz, stranding a fifth of global oil and gas output and driving energy…
As stocks dwindle, further price rises are inevitable
A handpicked article read aloud from the latest issue of The Economist
Gloomy expectations are starting to matter more than the data
The longer the war in the Gulf, the harsher the global economic fallout
