Friday, March 20, 2026
Afternoon
- Stocks tumble Friday as losses mount from Iran war impact, Dow and Nasdaq near correction: Live updates
- Treasury yields climb as bonds sell off and fear grows that Fed rate cuts are off the table
- Trump administration making heavy preparations for potential use of ground troops in Iran
- Trump: ‘I don’t want to do a ceasefire’ in Iran war
- Live updates: US deploys thousands more troops to the war as Iran threatens world tourism sites
- 4 pivotal questions that could define the Iran war's next phase
- The spring housing market is on, but mortgage rates just shot higher. Here’s what to know.
- Iran Unwilling to Talk About Hormuz as Regime Digs In
- Trump Risks Dragging Out Iran War With Debate Over Seizing Kharg Island
- Muni Market Rout Deepens as Iran War Stokes Inflation Concerns
- Italian Bonds Emerge as Europe’s Weak Spot on Carry Trade Unwind
- The U.S. Ammo Shortage Is Worse Than You Think
- Investors start to bet on US interest rate rises amid inflation fears
- Airline industry hit by biggest crisis since pandemic
- Russia offered to curb its support for Iran if US halted aid to Ukraine
General
- Stocks lower as S&P 500 heads for fourth losing week in a row amid high oil prices: Live updates
- Oil falls as U.S. weighs releasing sanctioned Iranian crude to cool prices
- UK government borrowing costs hit their highest level since 2008 as inflation fears hit the gilt market
- U.S. Treasury yields edge higher as Iran war drives inflation pressure
- Live updates: Iran retaliates against Gulf energy sites as stocks sink worldwide
- Pentagon Sends More Troops to Middle East
- Iran Keeps Up Gulf Strikes as War Approaches Three-Week Mark
- Trump mulls risky Kharg Island takeover to force Iran to open strait
- House GOP welcomes $200B Pentagon request to jump-start reconciliation 2.0
- Gasoline prices hit highest level since March 2022 as oil tops $100
- Small business reeling from tariffs brace for spiking oil prices
- How the Strait of Hormuz closure impacts the auto sector
- This is an energy emergency: entire countries may run out of oil
- Chinese squeeze on ‘war metal’ to send cost of missiles soaring
- U.S. says Cuba is prohibited from taking Russian oil as two tankers head to island
- In Japan, Trump’s Pearl Harbor Joke Elicits Scorn and Dismay
- Treasuries Slide as Elevated Oil Prices Fuel Inflation Fears
- Markets Are Underpricing This Commodity Shock
- Central Banks Won’t Be Riding to the Rescue This Time
- Why Diesel Prices Are the Real Concern for the Economy
- Oil Tanker Market’s Key Rate Thrown Into Chaos With Hormuz Shut
- EU Leaders Confront Multi-Year Energy Squeeze After Qatar Hit
- Indian Rupee Falls Most in Four Years as Risks From War Mount
- Shock Resignation of India Bank Chief Baffles Global Investors
- Iran War’s Energy Shock Puts Some Major IMF Borrowers at Risk
- Scramble for Jet Fuel Shows How Energy Shortages Are Rippling Across Asia
- Record Number of Student Loan Borrowers Are in Delinquency and Default
- Iranian Strikes Take Big Toll on Qatar’s Ability to Export Gas
- The Critical Energy Assets Hit in the Gulf
- Saudi Arabia Sees a Spike to $180 Oil if Energy Shock Persists Past April
- Taiwan’s All-Hands-on-Deck Plan to Fend Off China
- Iran war is the greatest threat to global energy ‘in history’, warns IEA
- UK borrowing costs hit highest level since 2008 amid inflation shock
- Tett: The war over tail risks is in full swing
- Qatar’s gas empire comes under fire
- Military briefing: the perils of the Hormuz escort plan
- The black-box funds fuelling insurers’ private credit binge
- China’s crackdown on fuel and fertiliser exports spurs supply fears
- Anthropic showdown fractures Donald Trump’s pact with Silicon Valley