Economy
Hormuz blockade could deepen world’s worst energy crisis — and risk a dangerous misstep
Lightning occurs when META 4, an Oil Products Tanker, sails into Muscat Anchorage on March 21, 2026 at Sultan Qaboos Port in Muscat, Oman. Elke Scholiers | Getty Images President Donald Trump ordered a naval blockade of the Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, dimming hopes for a quick end to the conflict in the Middle […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump lashes out at Iran and the Pope
US President Donald Trump attends UFC 327: Jiri Prochazka vs Carlos Ulberg at Kaseya Center in Miami, on April 11, 2026. (Photo by Julia Demaree Nikhinson / POOL / AFP via Getty Images) Julia Demaree Nikhinson | Afp | Getty Images Hello, this is Leonie Kidd writing to you from London. Welcome to another edition […]
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CNBC Daily Open: Trump goes from opening the Strait of Hormuz to blockading it
Iranian Parliament Speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, gestures while speaking with media in a media conference at a conference hall in the Iranian Parliament building in Tehran, Iran, on Dec. 2, 2025. Morteza Nikoubazl | Nurphoto | Getty Images Hello, this is Anniek Bao writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to another edition of CNBC’s Daily […]
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Here’s the inflation breakdown for March 2026 — in one chart
A woman shops for dairy products at a local supermarket in the Sugar Hill neighborhood of the Manhattan borough of New York City on April 9, 2026. Charly Triballeau | Afp | Getty Images Inflation spiked in March as the Iran war pushed up gasoline and other prices for consumers. The consumer price index, a […]
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Consumer prices rose 3.3% in March, as energy prices spiked due to Iran conflict
A man shops for butter at a supermarket in Houston, Texas, on March 17, 2026. Ronaldo Schemidt | AFP | Getty Images Consumer prices spiked in March as the Iran war sent energy costs soaring and took the Federal Reserve further from its inflation target, according to a Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday. Underlying […]
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Standstill in the Strait of Hormuz, new inflation data, Warsh’s Senate hearing and more in Morning Squawk
This is CNBC’s Morning Squawk newsletter. Subscribe here to receive future editions in your inbox. Happy Friday. Have any letters you’ve been meaning to send? You might want to get them in the mail sooner rather than later: The U.S. Postal Service is looking to hike prices as it goes through what it calls a “severe financial […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Lumentum, ServiceNow, Sandisk & more
Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: Lumentum Holdings , Coherent — Lumentum shares jumped 5% after its CEO told Bloomberg that the optical and photonic producer’s products are booked through 2027, amid the artificial intelligence buildout. Shares of Coherent, another photonics company, were up 4%. Both companies have investments from Nvidia . […]
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BlackRock rips page from hedge fund playbook, applies it to exchange-traded funds
ETF Edge BlackRock rips page from hedge fund playbook, applies it to exchange-traded funds Published Fri, Apr 10 20267:00 AM EDT Blair Bao Stephanie Landsman@stephlandsman WATCH LIVE Source
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China factory prices return to growth after 3 years, beating expectations on surging oil prices
HUAIAN, CHINA – MARCH 09: Vehicles queue at a petrol station on March 9, 2026 in Huaian, Jiangsu Province of China. Zhao Qirui | Visual China Group | Getty Images China’s factory-gate prices rose for the first time in more than three years while consumer inflation moderated in March, amid a surge in oil prices […]
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AI threat’s relentless flogging of software stocks shows no end in sight with Anthropic’s new agent
Software’s artificial intelligence troubles don’t appear as though they will let up anytime soon, following the sector’s slide after Anthropic’s latest product and revenue updates. Software is down again this week, with the iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) falling Wednesday — when most of the market participated in a sharp rally following President Donald […]
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