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Client perspective   |   September 2026

The Crisis Beyond Oil

Why Iran, Food Security and the U.S. Bond Market Are Becoming One Global Economic Story

By Philippe Martin | President and Chief Strategy Officer

A disruption in the Strait of Hormuz can travel from energy markets to fertilizer, harvests, food prices, interest rates and sovereign balance sheets. The central risk is not one isolated shock, but several interconnected pressures arriving at the same time.

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