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Commodities Weekly: Israel-Iran conflict scenarios, looking beyond oil prices

Oil prices continued to climb as the Israel-Iran conflict escalated, but the bigger picture is that the rise in gas prices has been just as significant, and agricultural prices will be next in line if energy prices rise much further. These broader commodity price gains could have greater implications for near-term inflation dynamics. 

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