Financial Markets Reaction to Political Risks and Inflation Data Analysis

Financial markets are having to assess political risks—something markets are ill-equipped to do. US officials confirmed Israel had attacked Iran, with reports of an explosion in Isfahan. The market response was a classic (perhaps unthinking) safe-haven trade. Does Iran now respond? Iranian media is downplaying the attacks, and it might be difficult for Iran’s government to retaliate if the narrative in Isfahan is “nothing to see here”.