John Authers, Columnist

Can Central Bankers Unpoke the Iran Bear?

The 18 central banks meeting this week didn’t initially have a war on their agendas.

March 17, 2026 at 4:12 AM UTC

John Authers is a senior editor for markets and Bloomberg Opinion columnist. A former chief markets commentator at the Financial Times, he is author of “The Fearful Rise of Markets.”

Stuck off Dubai for the foreseeable future.
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