{
  "crisis": false,
  "crisis_items": [],
  "date": "2026-10-18",
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    "advanced-chips": {
      "risk": "critical",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": "2026-09-28"
    },
    "bab-el-mandeb": {
      "risk": "critical",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "battery-graphite": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "black-sea-wheat": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "cape-good-hope": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "cobalt": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "danish-straits": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "dover": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "dram": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "euv": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "gallium": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "germanium": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "gibraltar": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "hormuz": {
      "risk": "critical",
      "note": "already critical; crisis signal persists: Iran says two oil tankers caught fire after striking naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz; US and Iran both claim control of the Strait of Hormuz as mine strikes and a burning supertanker deepen the fog of war",
      "articles": [
        "Iran says two oil tankers caught fire after striking naval mines in the Strait of Hormuz",
        "US and Iran both claim control of the Strait of Hormuz as mine strikes and a burning supertanker deepen the fog of war"
      ],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "lithium": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "lombok-sunda": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "malacca": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "mozambique-channel": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "nickel": {
      "risk": "critical",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": "2026-09-29"
    },
    "northern-sea-route": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "panama": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "platinum": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "rare-earth-processing": {
      "risk": "critical",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": "2026-09-29"
    },
    "spare-oil": {
      "risk": "critical",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "st-lawrence": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "suez": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "taiwan-strait": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "tiran": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "turkish-straits": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "uranium": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "bitcoin": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "gold-reserves": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "copper": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "silver": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "natural-gas": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "asset-management": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "gold-refining": {
      "risk": "calm",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    },
    "phosphate": {
      "risk": "tense",
      "note": "no signal in today's reporting",
      "articles": [],
      "nudge_date": null
    }
  },
  "updated": "18 Oct 2026"
}