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After expectations of rate cuts were almost completely priced out by the market, investors began to turn their attention in another direction—could the Federal Reserve possibly restart rate hikes? The answer from Bank of America economists is: the threshold is very high, but not impossible. Aditya Bhave, US economist

``` New developments emerge in the Hormuz Strait blockade crisis—Iran formally clarifies the transit principles; ships from some Asian countries are being selectively allowed passage, but the overall blockade pattern has not eased. According to Xinhua News Agency, Iran’s Foreign Ministry issued a statement on March 22, stating that

The near blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is turning an energy shock into a deeper supply chain crisis—a rupture in the fertilizer market, which may reshape the global food price landscape later this year. Alexandra Prokopenko, a researcher at the Carnegie Russia Eurasia Center and former advisor to

``` Driven by the sharp rise in international crude oil prices caused by escalating US-Israel-Iran conflict, the National Development and Reform Commission announced temporary control measures on domestic refined oil prices. The price adjustment this time is lower than the value calculated by the pricing mechanism to ease the impact of

``` Russia’s key Baltic crude oil export port, Primorsk, has once again become the target of a Ukrainian drone attack, with a fuel storage tank catching fire and sustaining damage. This has reignited market concerns over the stability of Russian crude exports. Alexander Drozdenko, governor of Russia’s Leningrad region,

The tensions between the US and Iran continue to escalate, with both sides' confrontation over energy infrastructure and strategic waterways approaching a critical point. According to Xinhua News Agency, Trump issued a "final ultimatum" on March 21 local time, demanding that Iran fully open the Strait of