David J. Bier Here is my five-minute opening statement, as prepared: Chairman Graham, Ranking Member Merkley, and distinguished members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to testify. For…

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“A ‘multitude’ of intelligence reports provide ‘consistent analysis that the regime is not in danger’ of collapse and ‘retains control of the Iranian public.’”

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The rise in oil prices defied a U.S. effort hours earlier to reassure markets with an announcement of the second-largest ever release from the nation’s petroleum reserve.

A flurry of bad news has drawn fresh scrutiny to the roughly $2 tln private credit market, as investors question the health of loan portfolios.

“The recent increase shows that, unlike other producers, their shipments are unimpeded and that China hasn’t lost its appetite for Tehran’s crude.”

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