Ukraine crisis energy costs

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, US, 29 November, 2021. PHOTO: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid
Analysis

Oil price surge revives Wall Street fears of 1970s-style stagflation

The threat of stagflation is especially worrisome to investors because it cuts across asset classes, leaving few places to hide

Japan's Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks during a news conference at the prime minister's official residence on 25 February, 2022, Tokyo, Japan. PHOTO: Rodrigo Reyes Marin/Pool via REUTERS
World+Biz

Japan says energy supply secure as it promises more sanctions against Russia

A general view shows an oil treatment plant in the Yarakta Oil Field, owned by Irkutsk Oil Company (INK), in Irkutsk Region, Russia, 10 March, 2019. PHOTO: REUTERS/Vasily Fedosenko
Global Economy

Oil prices surge as Russian invasion of Ukraine rings supply alarm bells

The Federal Reserve building in Washington, US, 26 January, 2022. PHOTO: REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
Global Economy

Global central banks were on the same page. Ukraine may reshape that

REUTERS/Carlos Barria
Global Economy

Biden says US, partners working on global oil reserve release

US Vice President Kamala Harris takes notes as she speaks via videoconference with Guatemala's President Alejandro Giammattei to discuss solutions to an increase in migration as she looks for ways to defuse a migrant crisis at the U.S. border with Mexico, in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building at the White House in Washington, US, April 26, 2021. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein
USA

US takes steps to counter Ukraine crisis energy costs, Harris says