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Investors prosper and consumers pay as the Iran war exacts an uneven economic toll 6 months in

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NEW YORK (AP) — As the U.S. and Israel relentlessly bombed Iran in the opening days of war, the most dramatic predictions of the conflict’s toll were unsparing: surging oil prices, worldwide recession and economic catastrophe.

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    Investors prosper and consumers pay as the Iran war exacts an uneven economic toll 6 months in (opens WTOP Washington DC)

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    NEW YORK (AP) — As the U.S. and Israel relentlessly bombed Iran in the opening days of war, the most dramatic predictions of the conflict’s toll were unsparing: surging oil prices, worldwide recession and economic catastrophe.

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    Investors prosper, consumers pay as Iran war exacts uneven economic toll 6 months in (opens ABC News)

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    Six months after the U.S. and Israel launched their war against Iran, the direst economic predictions haven't come true

  3. The Columbian

    Iran war exacting an uneven economic toll (opens The Columbian)

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    NEW YORK — As the United States and Israel relentlessly bombed Iran in the opening days of the war, the most dramatic predictions of the conflict’s toll were unsparing: surging oil prices, worldwide recession and economic catastrophe.

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