据美联社：官员称，遭袭击的沙特一条关键石油管道将因维修在数周内大部分停运。

Oil spike from renewed Middle East hostilities has revived internal debate at the Bank of England over whether to raise rates before year-end. The MPC meets later this week to review Bank Rate and the pace of balance‑sheet reduction. A bond-market selloff is adding pressure to Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s government ahead of the Oct. 28 budget. Market pricing shows under a one‑third chance of a rate hike at Thursday’s September policy meeting, but higher energy-driven inflation and relatively firm UK GDP are likely to sharpen discussion over how long Bank Rate can remain at 3.75%. Deutsche Bank economist Sanjay Raja: “The Bank’s patience may be running out; the case for inaction is slowly eroding.”

According to an Axios global affairs reporter, a senior Gulf state official said Saudi Arabia has submitted amendments to an Oman-Iran proposal on the Strait of Hormuz, arguing the draft wording could effectively establish a new status quo in the strait—an outcome Saudi Arabia and other GCC states deem unacceptable.