Pulse Briefing: Middle East energy disruption, Diesel price records, Inflation persistence - Friday, September 11, 2026

Saudi Arabia shut down the East-West pipeline after drone attacks from Iraq while Houthis captured Perim Island at Bab al-Mandeb strait. U.S. diesel prices crossed six dollars per gallon for the first time. August inflation held at 3.4 percent year-over-year with Fed rate hike odds surging to ninety percent. The Pulse Briefing is a daily preparedness-intelligence briefing on the national and geopolitical developments that matter for prepared families: energy, supply chains, security, health, and the economy.