Oil jumped on Monday after a drone attack shut Saudi Arabia’s East-West pipeline, which can carry 7 million barrels a day. Brent crude reached $108 before easing to about $107, and WTI rose above $103.
The outage could remove about 4% of global supply, on top of disruption in the Strait of Hormuz since the war with Iran began in February. A planned meeting between Gulf states and Iran in Oman was postponed.
The bond market felt it on Tuesday. The 10-year Treasury yield closed at 5.00%, its first close at that level since July 2007, as investors priced a Fed hike at Wednesday’s meeting.
Higher oil feeds straight into inflation. Gasoline prices in August were 27.4% higher than a year earlier.
Sources
- OilPrice.com, Brent hits $108
- EnergyNow, Saudi pipeline outage
- U.S. Treasury, daily yield curve rates, September 2026
- Trading Economics, US 10-year yield, Sep 15, 2026
- BLS, Consumer Price Index, August 2026
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