Singapore Minister Says Worst Case on War Not Fully Priced

Vivian Balakrishnan

Photographer: Lionel Ng/Bloomberg

Singapore’s top diplomat warned the economic fallout from the war in Iran could worsen and markets have yet to factor in the worst-case scenario.

“I’ve stopped trying to get into prediction markets,” Foreign Affairs Minister Vivian Balakrishnan told Bloomberg Television’s Avril Hong at an Investment Management Association of Singapore conference on Tuesday, referring to US President Donald Trump’s latest deadline to Tehran.