Bloomberg Reopening demand and marooned containers have caused bottlenecks across supply chains just as the holiday shopping season kicks off in North America. It’s also prompting downgrades across analysts estimates for the upcoming earnings season. Few expect the supply snarls to end this year as an energy crisis stokes inflation fears. Caution abounds in the semiconductor, retail and raw material ...

Bloomberg Fumio Kishida’s first speech to parliament as Japan’s 100th prime minister was an impassioned performance compared to his staid predecessor, but it did little to relieve investor concerns that his talk of redistribution and higher taxes are bad news for stocks. Kishida’s “new form of Japanese capitalism” made up the bulk of his speech, in which he repeated campaign ...

Bloomberg US crude futures topped $80 a barrel for the first time since November 2014 as a global energy crisis boosts demand at a time when Opec+ producers are keeping supplies tight. Futures in New York rise 1.3%, popping above the key, psychological level before pulling back. This week brought many indications that supplies will remain constrained: Saudi Aramco said ...