Dollar Drops on Middle East Peace Optimism

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• The US and Iran are negotiating over a three-page plan to end the war, with one element being that the US would release $20 billion in frozen Iranian assets in return for Iran giving up its stockpile of enriched uranium

  60% confidence

• Risks to the price outlook are tilted to the upside, especially in the near term, while the medium-term implication will depend on the intensity and duration of the war

  60% confidence

• The ECB needs to stay vigilant to potential inflation risks from the Iran war, but there isn't much hard evidence of second-round effects, so it's difficult to argue there's an obvious case to raise rates

  60% confidence

• The oil shock in the US is stronger on the inflation side than on growth, and leaving policy unchanged would still restrain inflation

  60% confidence

• Mary Daly favors keeping Fed policy steady

  60% confidence

• Given higher uncertainty at the moment, June is a better moment than April to decide whether an ECB interest rate response to the Iran war is necessary

  60% confidence

• There are two-sided risks to the economy from the Middle East conflict that make policy responses very difficult

  60% confidence

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