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The Fox News Rundown

Business Rundown: Fuel Costs, Data Centers ... And A Coming Rate Hike?

The Fox News Rundown

FOX News Podcasts

Daily News, News, Politics

3.41.7K Ratings

🗓️ 8 June 2026

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

Israel and Iran traded fire again this weekend, dimming hopes for a recent peace deal and sending shockwaves through global markets. That news, coming off the Nasdaq’s worst day in over a year, how will this renewed geopolitical unrest impact energy prices and your wallet back home? Fox Business Network Contributor Jonathan Hoenig joins FOX Business’ Taylor Riggs to break down what investors need to know about how to navigate the ongoing unrest in the Middle East, as well as how consumers will be impacted by rising fuel costs. They also discuss the potential for the Fed to raise rates this year and the impact of Illinois Governor JB Pritzker's suspension of tax breaks for data centers. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'm Taylor Riggs and this is the Fox Business Rundown.

0:08.5

Monday, June 8, 26.

0:11.2

Israel and Iran traded fire again.

0:13.6

So what does this mean for a potential peace deal?

0:15.9

And how is this uncertainty impacting energy prices back home as the conflict continues?

0:22.5

With all respect to the president, the war is just telegraphing so much uncertainty right now.

0:27.3

In oil prices and the real potential for higher interest rates.

0:31.7

Missals were flying between Israel and Iran on Sunday,

0:35.0

dimming prospects for a peace deal that President Trump recently claimed

0:38.7

was close. The president spoke with Fox, urging Iran to get to the negotiating table. And on

0:45.2

true social, he called for both sides to stop shooting. Now, both sides have stopped hostilities

0:51.3

for now, but investors remain on edge as tensions feel existing concerns

0:56.0

over rising energy costs and inflation. And all of that is coming off of Friday's big sell-off,

1:02.2

where the NASDAQ had its worst day in more than a year, dropping more than 4 percent. After

1:07.4

stronger than expected jobs data, got investors worried that the Federal Reserve could hike interest rates in the coming months.

1:15.5

So how should investors respond as geopolitical unrest and inflation tests them once again this week?

1:22.9

I look at today's markets and I think what my old high school hockey coach would tell me.

1:27.2

Jonathan Honig is a founding member at Capitalist Pig Hedge Fund, LLC, and a Fox Business

1:32.3

Network contributor.

1:33.5

Coach Shager would say that a good defense is your best offense.

1:37.6

And still with the major indices at 30 plus times earnings, look, they're down, but they're not

1:42.3

cheap.

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