Bloomberg Surveillance Iran Tightens Grip on Strait of Hormuz
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Mar 31, 2026 
Eric Fine, EM debt strategist at VanEck, talks emerging market carry and regional winners and losers. Meredith Whitney, banking analyst and CEO, covers consumer finance, bank leadership and mortgage tech. Dr. Lindsay Newman, geopolitical risk expert, analyzes Iran’s tightening of the Strait, military off-ramps, allied hesitancy and escalation dynamics. Multiple short, sharp conversations on markets, banking and geopolitics.
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