Energy prices could stay high for months, a year after US-Iran deal
It will take Asia's inflation-suffering economies months before they can fully heal now that U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a deal with Iran to end the 3-1/2 month-old war.
It will take Asia's inflation-suffering economies months before they can fully heal now that U.S. President Donald Trump has announced a deal with Iran to end the 3-1/2 month-old war.
(Nikkei montage/Source photos by Reuters and Getty Images)AKANE OKUTSU and SHOTARO TANIJune 15, 2026 12:52 JSTTOKYO -- Commodity prices are expected to remain higher than they were in February, before the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran, even after the latest U.
S.-Iran agreement to end the war, as it will take months for risk premiums to retreat and give breathing space to Asia's commodity-importing economies. TOKYO -- Commodity prices are expected to remain higher than they were in February, before the U.
S. and Israel attacked Iran, even after the latest U.S.
-Iran agreement to end the war, as it will take months for risk premiums to retreat and give breathing space to Asia's commodity-importing economies. TOKYO -- Commodity prices are expected to remain higher than they were in February, before the U.S.
and Israel attacked Iran, even after the latest U.S.-Iran agreement to end the war, as it will take months for risk premiums to retreat and give breathing space to Asia's commodity-importing economies.
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