Eco Week Ahead
Trump’s War Jolts Global Central Banks From Fed to ECB to BOJ
The European Central Bank (ECB) headquarters and the financial district of Frankfurt.
Photographer: Alex Kraus/BloombergCentral banks from Washington to London to Jakarta are about to make their first assessments of economic damage after more than two weeks of conflict between the US and Iran.
Decisions in the coming week encompassing every member of the Group of Seven and eight of the world’s 10 most-traded currency jurisdictions are likely to confirm to investors that the specter of a new inflation shock is already worrying enough to prompt heightened caution.