Simon Jack

is that they will keep interest rates unchanged because often bankers try and look through what they see as short-term volatility, saying, OK, what's going to happen in six months or nine months or whatever?

And so they'll try and look through this.

But, you know, there's a lot of people thinking that this war, you know, the US, the Pentagon and the White House thinking what was going on in Iran would be over by now.

It has still resolutely shut the Strait of Hormuz down.

So, you know, we'll see.

And also we've got a federal reserve rate decision, the central bank in the US also later this week.

So lots of data points.

And could I just also point out, just after, around 9pm on Wednesday tonight,

we will get earnings from Microsoft, Nvidia, Amazon, and others, four of the big seven, if you like.

And that will be seen.

Everyone is literally holding their breath.

Because as Bloomberg put it, the fate of the entire stock market depends on how these companies do.

So every single thing they say is being watched minutely.

So by the time you're hearing this, we'll probably know a bit more.

We could all be Richard Rupperer.

Thank you, Adam.

Nice to be here.

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