Irrational markets ignore global trouble spots
Geopolitical events can affect growth, investment and jobs, say economists
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THE increase in geopolitical stress relating to Russia, Iran, Iraq and Israel and Gaza has hardly jolted markets.
Besides the obscenity of war, notably the deaths and maiming of children, women and civilian men and general destruction, these events cannot be regarded as neutral events for the global economy and markets.
"The tendency of the markets to ignore geopolitical risk is just bizarre," commented Martin Taylor, former chief executive of Barclays Bank and external member of the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee.
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