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    <title>The Last Way Around Hormuz Is Closed</title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2026 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <description>Drones launched from Iraq shut the pipeline that carried five million barrels a day past the strait. Brent is above $107, the ten-year Treasury is at 4.97%, and the Federal Reserve meets on Wednesday.</description>
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    <content:encoded><![CDATA[New analysis on The Geopolitical Economist

THE LAST WAY AROUND HORMUZ IS CLOSED

Drones from Iraq shut the pipeline carrying 5m barrels a day past Hormuz. What is left, and why it lands on US Treasury yields.

From the opening:
“For six months, every analysis of the Iran war has rested on an unstated assumption. The Strait of Hormuz could close, and the world would still get its oil, because Saudi Arabia had a way around it.”

By Vikas

Read the full analysis: https://geopoliticaleconomist.com/articles/the-last-way-around-hormuz-is-closed

#Geopolitics #MiddleEast #UnitedStates #Hormuz #GlobalEconomy]]></content:encoded>
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