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Explained: What will the Middle East crisis do to inflation, oil prices?

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Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 2 Mar 2026, 8:04pm
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Explained: What will the Middle East crisis do to inflation, oil prices?

Author
Newstalk ZB,
Publish Date
Mon, 2 Mar 2026, 8:04pm

There's concerns about what the ongoing conflict in the Middle East could do for oil prices and inflation.

Iran's sent retaliation strikes across the Middle East after US and Israeli attacks killed their Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamene.

Infometrics Principal Economist Brad Olsen unpacked the short and long term concerns.

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