Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Evening
- Stock futures tick down after Dow falls to fresh 2026 low: Live updates
- Oil extends gains to rise 5.6% after Iran attacks Gulf energy facilities
- Wall Street ends sharply lower after Fed keeps rates unchanged
- Gold Tumbles as Powell’s Inflation Concerns Dash Easing Bets
- Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war, Washington Post reports
- Live updates: US knew of Israeli strike on Iranian gas field but didn’t take part, AP source says
- Iran missile attack on Qatar causes ‘extensive damage’ to facility housing huge gas plant
- Gasoline prices hit highest level since March 2022 as oil tops $100
- Fed projects one rate cut this year as Powell vows to stay on until DOJ investigation is finished
- Powell says he will remain Fed chief until successor confirmed
- US national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran
- Cliffwater Private Credit Fund’s Outlook Cut to Negative by S&P
- Fannie and Freddie Shares Tank as Doubt Swirls About Trump Plans
- Propane Is Spiking, Piling Another Pain Point Onto US Consumers
- For U.S., Unmet Expectations in Iran Fit a Familiar Pattern in the Region
- Fed Holds Rates Steady as Iran War Clouds Outlook
- How China Is Quietly Helping an Isolated Iran Survive
- Federal Reserve chief Jay Powell says Iran oil crisis will worsen US inflation
- Two shipments of Russian oil and gas head to Cuba in defiance of US
Afternoon
- Dow falls 400 points on hot inflation reading as Fed keeps rates unchanged: Live updates
- Both sides in Iran war ratchet up attacks on energy facilities, as oil prices surge
- Fed votes to hold rates steady, notes ‘uncertain’ impacts from Iran war
- Here’s what changed in the new Fed statement
- Reported attack hits South Pars natural gas field, an energy lifeline for Iran
- Fed meeting live updates: Federal Reserve expected to hold rates steady, share outlook amid Iran oil shock
- US drivers see gas prices jump to their highest level since 2023 as the Iran war drags on
- Trump’s failed strong-arming of allies on Iran shows that pressure is losing its effect
- Analysis-Iran war energy shock sparks global push to reduce fossil fuel dependence
- Merz Rallies for More Assertive Europe in Geopolitical Turmoil
- European Consumers Seek Out Solar, EVs as Energy Prices Surge
- Private Credit’s Investor Exodus Spreads to Consumer Loans
- Iran inflicts ‘extensive damage’ on site of world’s largest LNG plant in Qatar
- America’s war on Iran is a gift to Vladimir Putin
- BofA pitches bets against European private credit
General
- Stocks tumble as hot inflation reading and higher oil pressure market ahead of Fed: Live updates
- Oil Turns Higher as Iran Says Its Energy Facilities Were Hit
- Gold Falls to One-Month Low With Focus on Outlook for US Rates
- Wholesale prices rose 0.7% in February, much more than expected and up 3.4% annually
- Iran's huge Gulf gas field is struck in major escalation
- Iran Says US, Israel Struck Giant Gas Field as War Escalates
- Live updates: Iranian Intelligence Minister Esmail Khatib killed, Israel defense minister says
- Hormuz Reopening Looks Unlikely Without a Truce in Iran War
- Iran launches retaliatory strikes on Israel and U.S. assets after security chief Larijani is killed
- Israel strikes Iran natural gas facility in coordination with U.S.
- Iran strikes Tel Aviv with cluster warheads in retaliation for killing of security chief
- China ignores Trump’s Hormuz request as the Iran war deepens and his Beijing trip slips
- Iran war has US farmers worried about the cost and availability of fertilizer
- Germany’s foreign minister warns Iran war could plunge ‘entire world into major crisis’
- EU fears panic buying as gas reserves run low
- Russia condemns U.S.-Israeli strike near Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant reactor
- Federal Reserve could signal no interest rate cuts this year in wake of Iran war
- Chipmakers in Malaysia monitoring risks from helium supply disruptions, association says
- US Supreme Court's Roberts says personal hostility aimed at judges has 'got to stop'
- Iran Warns Gulf Nations of Major Response After Gas Field Strike
- Bond Traders Lose Faith in Fed Rate Cut This Year on Oil, PPI
- Iran Price Shock Set to Hit Products From Cleaning to Tires
- US Home Insurance Prices Set to Keep Rising With Severe Weather
- Credit Fears, Oil Surge Rattle Brazil’s New Corporate Bond Sales
- Private Markets Chiefs Quit Australia’s Sovereign Wealth Fund
- What to Watch at the Federal Reserve’s March Meeting
- Trump’s Next Decision: Whether to Retrieve Iran’s Nuclear Fuel, Whatever the Risk
- Asia Turns Back to Coal as War Chokes Off Natural Gas
- Iran vows retaliation against energy sites across Gulf after largest gasfield hit
- Iran still seen capable of escalating attacks on Gulf’s energy
- Japanese PM set for high-stakes meeting with Donald Trump over Iran
- Who cares if private credit goes kaput?
- Iran conflict turns shipping market into ‘wild west’
Evening
- Stock futures are flat as traders look ahead to Federal Reserve interest rate decision: Live updates
- Trump fumes at NATO for refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, and embraces going it alone
- Trump Ditches Appeal for Help in Iran War, Slamming Allies
- US drivers see gas prices jump to highest level since 2023 as the Iran war drags on
- Japan exports beat forecasts with 4.2% growth in February, but China and U.S. demand slumps
- US Carrier Involved in Iran Fight Heads Back to Port After Fire
- EVs Avoided the Use of 2.3 Million Barrels of Oil Per Day in 2025
- China Firms Ramp Up Derivatives Hedging to Record as Yuan Surges
- China, Russia Driving Autocratic Shift Around World, Report Says
- Russia Is Sharing Satellite Imagery and Drone Technology With Iran
- How MBS’s bet on Iran backfired
- JPMorgan halts $5.3bn Qualtrics debt deal as AI fears chill demand