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Source: barrons.com
- A US-Iran war triggers supply shocks that spike inflation while tanking growth, potentially causing a supply-side recession.
- Fed stimulus in response worsens the mess, pushing prices even higher and forcing aggressive rate hikes.
- Extreme shocks mimic COVID dynamics, blending low output with raging inflation.
The video breaks down how a US-Iran conflict hammers the economy through supply disruptions. It uses a classic aggregate demand-supply model to show why wars like this breed inflation and recessions. This matters because it explains the Fed's nightmare scenario of fighting fires on both growth and price fronts.