The most immediate impact from the escalating Middle East conflict is through market reaction as investors take flight to safe havens such as the dollar and gold, while stocks slump. Source: ttnews.com

In today’s American economy, spikes in oil prices do not present significant downside risk to top-line economic growth or inflation that they did a half century ago. Source: realeconomy.rsmus.com

Gov. Greg Abbott teamed up with President Donald Trump in Corpus Christi to bolster efforts to keep Texas red. Source: elpasotimes.com

President Donald Trump’s war against Iran risks delivering another shock to an economy that voters are already disenchanted with, just eight months out from mid-term elections. Source: bloomberg.com

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Authorities have shut main exchanges in Abu Dhabi and Dubai amid ongoing fallout of US-Israeli attacks on Iran. Source: aljazeera.com