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Winds of war in Ukraine, risk of a perfect storm on the markets

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Inflation, monetary tightening, bottle necks in supplies, pandemic: the possible ingredients of a perfect storm

by Vittorio Carlini

An American jet on the Truman aircraft carrier off the coast of Croatia (Reuters)

Inflation, monetary tightening, bottle necks in supplies, pandemic: the possible ingredients of a perfect storm

“Fear? The perfect storm ». This was the joke that circulated yesterday among stock market experts. That is, in the face of: more inflation, monetary policy tightening by (above all) the Fed, continuous problems on supply chains, the risk of an economic slowdown and a pandemic that does not let go, the markets fear the possible conflict in Ukraine (a humanitarian tragedy) as the last piece of a possible “perfect storm”.

In this sense it is no coincidence that in the first part …

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