conflict

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The ECB last month left its key interest rate unchanged at 2%, but set out a number of ways in which developments in the conflict might affect the eurozone’s economic outlook.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

But despite the U.S.’s success in bringing about a substantial reduction in Iranian missile and drone strikes, Cembalest said headlines about the conflict reminded him of the plot of Stephen King’s “Salem’s Lot.”

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

"Iran appears to be distinguishing between a country's alliance and its active participation in the conflict."

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

“The hope is this Iran conflict will end in some form/off ramp over the coming weeks,” Wedbush’s Dan Ives wrote in a Sunday night note.

From Barron's • Apr. 6, 2026

“And I’m sorry I didn’t choose to solve our conflict in a peaceful and constructive way that would result in...”

From "Chronicles of a Lizard Nobody" by Patrick Ness