Hawkish Fed rhetoric and rising Iran-related risks are driving dollar strength while pushing oil prices higher.
Markets head into Thursday on a defensive footing, with a hawkish Fed tone driving risk-off dollar strength alongside escalating Iran-related geopolitical risks that are pushing oil higher, as attention turns to ECB and BoE decisions for signals on how central banks balance rising inflation pressures against weakening growth.
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