Global Markets Brace for Fallout as Middle East Tensions Rise

The Israeli-Hamas war has sharpened focus on rising geopolitical risks for financial markets, as investors wait to see if the conflict draws in other countries with the potential to drive up oil prices further and deal a fresh blow to the world economy. Israel said on Sunday it would continue to allow Gazans to evacuate south as its troops readied for a ground assault on the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip in retaliation for unprecedented attacks by the Palestinian militant group.

Market reaction in the past week has been relatively muted, though Israel's shekel currency took a big hit. An expanding conflict would also likely cause inflation and, as a byproduct, interest rates around the world to accelerate further, said Bernard Baumohl, chief global economist at The Economic Outlook Group in Princeton, New Jersey.

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