{"id":536911,"date":"2026-03-13T03:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T03:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/536911\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T03:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T03:22:08","slug":"relative-return-insider-how-the-us-iran-conflict-is-re-wiring-australias-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/536911\/","title":{"rendered":"Relative Return Insider: How the US\u2013Iran conflict is re\u2011wiring Australia\u2019s economy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this episode of Relative Return Insider, Keith Ford and AMP chief economist Shane Oliver discuss the market turmoil triggered by the escalating US\u2013Iran conflict and closure of the Strait of Hormuz, which is disrupting the flow of oil and gas.<\/p>\n<p>Shane forecasts the impact of the increasing cost of oil on Australia\u2019s fuel prices and similarities to the 1970s oil crises, and how this could flow through to a mix of higher inflation, weaker growth, and renewed focus on energy security and de\u2011globalisation.<\/p>\n<p>Tune in to hear:<\/p>\n<p>How the US\u2013Iran conflict is affecting global markets beyond fuel prices.<br \/>\nWhy the RBA will likely move to hike rates next week \u2013 and if it would be the right call.<br \/>\nWhether the shock is likely to accelerate structural shifts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In this episode of Relative Return Insider, Keith Ford and AMP chief economist Shane Oliver discuss the market&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":536912,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44,3755,266258,5716],"class_list":["post-536911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news","tag-podcast","tag-relative-return","tag-shane-oliver"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=536911"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/536911\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/536912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=536911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=536911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=536911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}