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Middle East conflict escalation risk drives oil supply concerns; Asia-Pacific equity markets decline on inflation and oil price fears. Channel: supply_shortage (potential disruption to Iranian oil exports) and demand_spike (geopolitical risk premium). Impact is global but concentrated on oil-importing Asian economies.

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  • South Korea's Kospi down 2.15%
  • Japan's Nikkei 225 down 0.52%
  • West Texas Intermediate futures fell 0.51% to $101.66/barrel
  • Brent crude futures dropped 0.57% to $107.16/barrel
  • President Trump criticized ceasefire with Iran as 'unbelievably weak'
Sector verdictCOMMODITY_OILFlatmagnitude 2/3 Β· confidence 3/5

Oil prices likely stabilize 1-4 weeks as Saudi spare capacity offsets geopolitical fears.

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  • EM_MARKETSmid
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Topic context

Inflation is the rate at which consumer prices rise over time, typically measured by a CPI index. Central banks use policy interest rates to keep it within a target band.

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