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Here's your midday brief for Wednesday, March 11th. I'm Alex Oslo for the Wall Street Journal.

A new report from the Labor Department out today showed that consumer prices rose 2.4% in February

from a year earlier, the same rate as in January. These numbers were from before the launch of the

U.S. Israeli war with Iran on February 28th, which means they're mostly a baseline for future data.

Oil prices have increased sharply since the start of the conflict, which is expected to drive up inflation this month.

The International Energy Agency said its member countries would release 400 million barrels of oil from their emergency stocks in a bid to bring down crude prices. It's the largest

reserves distribution in history and more than double the agency's previous biggest release

from 2022. And three commercial ships were struck around the Strait of Hormuz today, including

a Thai flagged ship that was forced to evacuate. A Thai official said three sailors were missing. Tehran said

its forces had fired on the ship after it ignored warnings and threats from its navy and,

quote, illegally, insisted on passing through the Strait of Hormuz. Two other ships were also

struck near the Strait today. Heads up, an artificial intelligence tool helped us make this episode by creating summaries that were based on WSJ reporting and then reviewed and adapted by an editor.

We'll have more coverage of the day's news on the WSJ's What's News podcast. You can add it to your playlist on your smart speaker or listen and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.

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