Well, joining us now is BNY Investments chief economist and former Federal Reserve Director of the Division of Monetary Affairs, Vincent Reinhardt. It's great to have you back on the show. Welcome.I want to start right there because we've had a lot of Fed speak to start the week and certainly Powell with his semiannual testimony on the Hill, part one of two days here today. The market seems to be taking his messaging maybe slightly more doubbish. But I'm not sure it's the right way to take his messaging, bu ...

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Thank you. Uh, Chair Powell, Matt Egan from CNN. Relatively low gas prices this year have helped drive down inflation in recent reports, but that trend is starting to reverse given the crisis in the Middle East.How are you thinking about how the Israel Iran conflict will impact the economy especially inflation and what lessons were learned during the 2022 period when another conflict the Russia Ukraine war sent oil and gas prices skyrocketing. So of course we're watching like everybody else is uh what's goi ...

Well, for more on how all of this could impact the markets going forward, let's bring in Wilmington Trust investment advisors Tony Roth and innovator ETS chief investment strategist Tim Urbanowitz. Guys, good afternoon. Uh Tim, major averages have been holding steady despite uh this geopolitical conflict.S&P around 6,000. I know folks don't want to panic sell, but should they keep buying here. Well, John, you definitely don't want to panic sell.And really the the move higher that we saw today is really text ...

the US might jump in and try to do something to ameliorate the situation. Pippa. Thanks.Appreciate it. Pippa Stevens. For more on where energy prices go from here, let's bring in Dan Pickering from Pickering Energy Partners.Dan, it's great to see you. Always a crisis. I think I liked it better with negative oil but then it was COVID.So what's your sense about what to do with crude now for investors who might have been way, way on the sidelines, given up on the on the sector. And for those who are wondering ...

months. Pipa Stevens is tracking all of that action. A lot of other commodities as well.Uh Pipa, that's right, David. So, oil is still up 6%, but as you said, well off the highs of the session after WTI at one point jumped 14% overnight, underlining the fact that so far no oil supply has actually been disrupted with several firms saying prices cannot sustain these levels unless barrels actually come off the market. The focus now turns to Iran's response since that is likely what will dictate oil's next move ...

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