Loss Oil

• Operasi angkatan laut Amerika Serikat di Teluk Oman dan Selat Hormuz telah menyebabkan Iran kehilangan pendapatan minyak hampir $4,8 miliar, menurut perkiraan Pentagon yang dilaporkan oleh Axios. • Juru bicara Pentagon Sean Parnell, mengutip Sekretaris Pers Joel Valdez, menyatakan bahwa blokade tersebut menegakkan sanksi dan membatasi perdagangan minyak maritim Iran untuk melemahkan pendanaan aktivitas militan. • Selat Hormuz tetap menjadi pusat ketegangan sebagai titik penyempitan minyak global yang vital, yang berisiko memicu eskalasi di pasar energi dan stabilitas regional.

• The S&P 500 fell 2% for its fifth consecutive weekly decline, the first such streak since 2022, amid Mideast conflict de-escalation hopes. • Brent crude rose to $112 per barrel, with U.S. 10-year yields climbing to 4.43% on inflation fears from sustained high energy prices. • BlackRock warns elevated oil could shift focus from rate cuts to whether central bank policies can match rising inflation.

• The S&P 500 declined 1.6% last week, marking its third consecutive weekly drop, with the Dow falling 2% and Nasdaq shedding 1.3% due to soaring oil prices and broad market selling. • Surging oil prices from geopolitical tensions, including US-Iran escalation, drove the downturn, as investors brace for NVIDIA GTC AI event and FOMC rate decision this week (March 16-20, 2026). • Markets now price only a 33% chance of a June rate cut, down from 57% last month, amid persistent inflation data; Thursday's jobless claims will gauge labor market health.