The Middle East conflict is already driving inflation higher across the world
On Thursday, US indices closed lower. By the end of the day, the Dow Jones Index (US30) fell by 0.36%. The S&P 500 Index (US500) declined by 0.41%. The Tech Index NASDAQ (US100) closed down 0.57%. Recent macroeconomic reports showed that the manufacturing PMI (S&P PMI) for April jumped by 1.7 points to 54.0, marking…