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Economics likely to trump geopolitics

Geopolitical concerns have boosted demand for safe-haven assets in the past week, and have pushed up measures of implied volatility in equity markets. But experience suggests that geopolitical events rarely have long-lasting economic consequences and the current tensions will probably be no exception.

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