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🔥 Latest indicators of business activity in Great Britain:
🇬🇧 S&P Global Manufacturing PMI (Mar)
51.4 (background 50.0/front 51.7)
🇬🇧 S&P Global Services PMI (Mar)
51.2 (back 52.8/ front 53.9)

🇮🇷Ships began transiting the Strait of Hormuz immediately after Iran announced it would cost $2 million.
— It appears shipping companies have agreed to this deal and paid Iran.

Kim Jong-un officially declared South Korea a hostile state to the DPRK, according to KCNA.
"We will make South Korea pay a merciless price for any actions that affect our republic, without the slightest consideration or hesitation."

🇺🇸 Goldman Sachs predicts that due to the war with Iran, US economic growth will slow significantly below trend, and the unemployment rate will rise to approximately 4.6% in the baseline scenario and to 4.8-4.9% in the event of a more negative development of events.

The roots of military and economic power are once again shifting from software and information to conventional resources.
The Iranian conflict is a good illustration of this shift. Oil is once again becoming not just a tool of pressure, but a fully-fledged weapon and part of the geopolitical struggle, not just a raw material. This is a signal that competition between countries is increasingly returning to the basics—control over the energy resources that underpin economies.
For countries that lack access to such resources, the risks are only growing: from surges in inflation and economic probl

⚠️🇮🇷#iran #geopolitics
The likelihood of reaching an Iran deal remains very low, according to an Israeli official — Channel 12

🙂 Interesting facts about Donnie's "peacemaking":
1️⃣ Trump's new ultimatum is coming up in 5 days - right at the time the markets are closing.
2️⃣ At the same time, in 5 days the USS Tripoli with 2,200 marines will already be in position.

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The US and Iran could hold talks as early as this week, Israeli officials say.