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<Research>CICC: Oil Prices Surge Amid Middle East Conflict; Short-Term Liquidity Crisis Heaps Selling Pressure on US Assets
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The Middle East conflict has primarily affected global oil prices, with different points and paths potentially having completely different impacts on various assets and China-US relations, CICC commented in its report.

For the US, the rapid rise in oil prices has the greatest immediate impact on financial assets, and a short-term liquidity crisis will strengthen the USD, putting selling pressure on assets including US Treasuries.

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On the other hand, China doesn't face inflation issues but rather problems due to insufficient domestic demand and supply-demand imbalance, so the impact of the Iran situation is more on costs rather than inflation.
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