Your Ukraine war FAQs answered

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Nomura with the note:

Q. What would an escalation in Ukraine mean for markets?

A. We believe an invasion of Ukraine from Russia would lead to a negative response from the US (and allies), which would lead to, at a minimum, significant sanctions. In our view, the resulting impact of sanctions (with the risk of military conflict) may lead to a surge in oil prices (food prices), sell-off in risk markets, flattening of the US yield curve, and an ensuing bid in the USD (EUR weakness; broad EM FX weakness). This is in combination with a still likely path of rate hikes from the US Fed (even if the risk is some pricing-out of hikes).

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About the author
David Llewellyn-Smith is Chief Strategist at the MB Fund and MB Super. David is the founding publisher and editor of MacroBusiness and was the founding publisher and global economy editor of The Diplomat, the Asia Pacific’s leading geo-politics and economics portal. He is also a former gold trader and economic commentator at The Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, the ABC and Business Spectator. He is the co-author of The Great Crash of 2008 with Ross Garnaut and was the editor of the second Garnaut Climate Change Review.