Iraq plans to export crude via an alternative Syria route to bypass the Strait of Hormuz, arranging tanker trucks to move oil overland to Mediterranean ports, foreign media report. Syria’s state oil company CEO Yusuf Kibravi said Iraq has asked Syria to expand cooperation beyond existing fuel-oil shipments. Iraq already uses tanker-truck convoys to deliver some fuel oil overland to Banias on Syria’s Mediterranean coast for transshipment onto tankers. Using the same land‑sea model for crude would

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Deutsche Bank says despite high household debt, Australian households are more resilient to Reserve Bank of Australia rate hikes than expected. Improving household balance sheets are helping borrowers absorb tighter policy. Macro strategist Lachlan Dynan says household asset growth remains strong and debt-to-income has stabilised; he estimates the household debt-to-asset ratio is at its lowest since 1997. Dynan adds the cash-flow transmission of monetary policy appears weaker than over the past decade, and broader household balance-sheet strength — not just housing — may help offset wealth losses from weak house prices.