GEOPOLITICAL & MARKETS INTELLIGENCE — September 4, 2026
Hormuz de-escalation odds fall as transit volumes stay depressed, while Germany’s storage deficit and record distillate tightness deepen Europe’s winter convexity.
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Hormuz de-escalation odds fall as transit volumes stay depressed, while Germany’s storage deficit and record distillate tightness deepen Europe’s winter convexity.
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Read brief →Renewed U.S.–Iran strikes have turned the still-impaired Hormuz corridor back into the dominant energy risk, lifting oil and bond yields while refined-product and LNG constraints remain unresolved.
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