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Shares, bonds rally as markets await Fed signals; yen jumps

The market’s immediate focus is the pivotal US payrolls report on Sept 4.

Bond sell-off deepens as fears grow over inflation, oil prices

Japan’s 10-year yield was perched above 3 per cent, a 30-year high.

Gold hits over 3-week low as Middle East tensions fan rate-hike fears

Gold fell on Sept 2 to its lowest in more than three weeks, as the escalating Middle East conflict lifted oil prices and stoked inflation and rate-hike fears.

Oil prices rise as latest fighting resurrects Middle East supply disruption risks

On Aug 31, US President Donald Trump threatened further strikes against Iran.

News analysis

Summit with Russia, India and Iran shows leverage that wars have given China’s Xi

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet before the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Aug 31.

Oil rises over 3% as US, Iran resume military attacks

US forces struck two launchers on Iran’s Larak island in the Hormuz strait on Aug 30.

Trump to discuss high fuel prices with oil refiners next week

The Iran war’s most significant impact on the US economy is the rise in energy costs, which is contributing to higher inflation.

Trump says US is taking control of some of Venezuela’s vast oil reserves

Washington has been trying to secure a stable flow of Venezuelan crude for US refineries.

US nears deal to secure long-term access to Venezuela's oil reserves, sources say

Tankers anchor near Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA's Jose terminal while waiting to load and discharge, in Puerto La Cruz, Venezuela August 9, 2026. REUTERS/Leonardo Fernandez Viloria

US nears deal to secure long-term access to Venezuela’s oil reserves, sources say

The agreement is expected to operate in a way that would let the US government lock in a group of Venezuelan oilfields to be developed by American companies.

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