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Category: Global Economy
The world economy missed 500 million barrels of oil due to supply disruptions from the Middle East. Losses from lost trade are estimated at about $50 billion.
Wheat could post its strongest weekly gain in nearly two months. Drought and dry weather in key regions, including the U.S. Great Plains, Australia, and parts of the Black Sea region and Europe, have weighed on the outlook for wheat supplies.
The global garden strawberry market enters the 2026 season in a state of the “typical paradox” of the fruit business: in many regions, supply is increasing, but profitability remains fragile.
Due to the Gulf War, the inaction of the U.S. Federal Reserve and tightening policies in Europe and Asia-Pacific, some currencies are pulling away from the weakening U.S. dollar.
US President Donald Trump reacted to the announced opening of the Strait of Hormuz and thanked the Iranian leadership in a post on his Truth Social platform.
Bitcoin traded near $74,700 in Asian morning hours on Friday, down 0.4% in 24 hours but up 3.5% for the week as a 10-day rally in global stock markets paused ahead of the expiration of a truce between the U.S. and Iran next week.
The head of the International Energy Agency warned Thursday that Europe has only six weeks of jet fuel reserves because of ongoing problems in the aviation industry caused by the crisis in the Middle East.
Economic and military competition has intensified under Trump, but many experts consider him only a “symptom” of the global restructuring of the world system. The Brookings Institution predicts a continuing trend toward national and regional self-sufficiency through the painful scrapping of the old. Its arguments are cited by Mike Dolan, a Reuters columnist.
Market participants and trading companies previously working with cryptocurrencies are switching to trading traditional assets en masse.
Moldova will officially leave the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) on April 8, 2027, Foreign Minister Mihai Popşoi told reporters on Wednesday after a government meeting.
Romania’s current account deficit narrowed markedly to 3.19 billion euros in January-February, down from 3.64 billion euros in the same period last year, according to data released by Romania’s central bank on Wednesday, April 15.
The dollar is nearing six-week lows as hopes for talks with Iran offset the military risk premium, dampening hopes for a constructive outcome to U.S.-Iran talks and raising risk appetite among investors in financial markets.
The resilience of digital gold during the Iran war is not a contradiction to the risk avoidance regime, but a direct consequence of it. This opinion was shared by Bitwise Investment Director Matt Hougan and the company’s Head of Research Ryan Rasmussen.
France and Britain announced April 14 that President Macron and Prime Minister Starmer will jointly hold an international videoconference on Friday to establish a multinational force to secure the Strait of Hormuz and impose new sanctions on Iran. Pakistan is also pushing for a second round of Iran-US talks, possibly on Thursday.
Prices for sea and air freight transportation continue to seek a new equilibrium against the backdrop of an unstable geopolitical environment and the realignment of logistics routes.
Japan plans to buy Kazakhstan’s oil to partially replace supplies from the Middle East.
A Moldovan delegation headed by Governor of the National Bank of Moldova (NBM) Anca Dragu and Finance Minister Adrian Gavrilica is attending the spring meetings of the World Bank (WB) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF), held in Washington from April 13 to 18.
The weakening of the dollar in the current environment may be mainly due to changes in US monetary policy and geopolitical factors affecting commodity markets.
The price of the first cryptocurrency rose to $75k for the first time since mid-March.
On April 13, central bank governors gathered for traditional spring meetings in Washington to discuss the risks of global inflation and the “Iranian shock”. For now, they are advised to remain vigilant and ready to adjust plans to cut rates due to possible economic shocks.
