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Trump Calls for Iran De-escalation; Oil and LNG Jump | Bloomberg Daybreak: US Edition
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Summary
President Trump pressed for de-escalation after Israeli and Iranian strikes hit major energy assets across the Middle East, with the biggest market reaction centered on damage to Qatar’s liquefied natural gas infrastructure. Bloomberg’s correspondents said Qatar reported “extensive damage” at a facility that accounts for about 20% of global LNG supply, while traders quickly pushed Brent above $115 a barrel and sent European natural gas sharply higher. A guest argued the damage could keep production offline for months and force markets to price in a longer supply shock.
The episode also focused on the Federal Reserve, where Jerome Powell said it is too soon to know how much the war-driven jump in oil and gas prices will affect inflation. Powell reiterated that the Fed will not cut rates again until inflation cools, and he declined to speculate on the size of the energy shock. The show also noted Powell’s comments on the Justice Department’s investigation into the Fed, saying he had no intention of leaving the board until it is resolved.
Beyond markets, the broadcast covered Japan’s prime minister facing a difficult White House meeting over maritime security, a DHS confirmation fight, and reports that HSBC is considering deep job cuts as AI reshapes banking.
Key takeaways
- A guest said damage to Middle East energy infrastructure could keep production offline for months, not weeks, if outages persist.
- Brent crude rose to $115 a barrel and European natural gas jumped 24% after the latest strikes.
- Powell said the Fed will hold rates steady until inflation cools, while warning it is too soon to gauge the war’s impact.
- A guest said Qatar’s LNG plant is critical because it accounts for about 20% of global LNG supply.
- Bloomberg Intelligence said as many as 200,000 finance jobs could disappear in the next 3 to 5 years as banks adopt AI.
Notable quotes
“one of the most important consequential export facilities in the world, which accounts for about 20% of the world supply of LG”
“we're talking now potentially a matter of months that production could be offline”
“the price of Brent crude is up to $115 a barrel and European natural gas up 24% this morning”
“We don't know how big these effects are going to be”
“I have no intention of leaving the board until the investigation is well and truly over with transparency and finality”
How the episode opens
Bloomberg Audio Studios podcasts radio news. — Good morning. I'm Karen Moscow
And I'm John Tucker. Here are the stories we're following today. Well, John, President Trump is pressing for a deescalation of attacks on Middle East energy assets after Iranian and Israeli strikes on major gas hubs jolted global markets.
Hours after Israel carried out a strike on a key gas field in Iran, Iran retaliated by hitting energy infrastructure in the Gulf, causing damage to the world's largest liqufied natural gas export plant. We get more from Bloomberg Middle East correspondent Jamanda Bersace in Dubai. Yesterday evening, while Qatar managed to successfully intercept four incoming ballistic missiles, one of them did manage to penetrate and to cause quote extensive damage.
This is per a press release that was put out by Qatar Energies. And that word, that description, extensive damage, is what is impacting global markets today. And clearly this is one of the most important consequential export facilities in the world, which accounts for about 20% of the world supply of LG.
So the response from the Gulf States in the last 24 hours has been one of extreme anger.
And that's Bloomberg. Middle East correspondent Jima Bureti. On a post on social media, President Trump said that neither the US norQ cutter was involved in the Israeli operation targeting the Iranian field. He called on the Islamic Republic to act with restraint.
And again, the escalation having a ripple effect across the energy markets. As we said, the price of Brent crude is up to $115 a barrel and European natural gas up 24% this morning. Dan Morto covers the energy markets for Bloomberg.
Now, we're not talking about okay, once the once the straight is open, let's we'll get things rolling again in a matter of weeks.
From the episode’s captions: roughly the first two minutes, lightly cleaned. Keep watching on YouTube →
Topics
- iran de-escalation
- oil and lng price jump
- iran israel energy attacks
- middle east energy infrastructure
- fed rates and inflation
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