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Risky assets caught between a rock and a hard place

Two unfamiliar and (largely) unrelated fears are stalking financial markets: the prospect of aggressive policy tightening from major central banks, and the apparent risk of a war between Russia and Ukraine. While uncertainty around both issues is significant, and neither has a direct parallel in recent memory, a few points are worth making.

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