Macroeconomic Insights: Hormuz, El Niño and Apparel Inflation

Commercial traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has been severely disrupted since 28 February 2026 and has not meaningfully normalised. Lloyd’s List Intelligence counted just 73 transits in the week to 16 August, around 10 a day, against roughly 103 trading...

Macroeconomic Insights: Nowcasting APAC Through the Hormuz Shock

No region sits closer to the February 2026 closure of the Strait of Hormuz than Asia. On Energy Information Administration (EIA) estimates, roughly four fifths of the crude that transited the strait before the closure was delivered to Asian markets, with China, India,...