Iran / regional war risk driving oil volatility, yields, inflation, gold and policy uncertainty

Trump Hormuz demands/Iran truce rejection escalate flows to 6%/Brent peak $141 Mar'26 +63%/oil$103-111+/gas>$4/NY Fed infl exps3.4% gas surge/Stiglitz/Goolsbee stagflation oil/fertilizer/CPI/tariffs/Goolsbee orange-red infl/labor freeze/Jefferson infl up/labor vuln/CP spreads widen FRNs+13bps/MMFs out/VIX blowout fears/Treas yields+5bps long-end +35bps Mar/3yr auc weak/Fed no cuts to'27 Goolsbee/Hammack hawkish ISM svcs70.7/jobs178k/Asia EM strain/Powell pivot post-spike/Houston mtg6.5% cash sales. Personal danger: CPI/fuel/ins/mtg/food/gold/stagflation/wealth/RE/equity/borrowing/Treas/jobs/portfolio/HY/labor/cash erosion/EM contagion/credit stress.

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Iran / regional war risk driving oil volatility, yields, inflation, gold and policy uncertainty

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