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What the Iran war is doing to the economy, briefly explained.

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Welcome to The Logoff: The economic impact of the Iran war is becoming clearer.

What’s happening? On Friday, we learned that inflation climbed to 3.3 percent in March, almost 1 percentage point higher than it was in February and the quickest inflation has grown in nearly four years.

Unsurprisingly, consumers aren’t thrilled. New data from........

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