By Neil Roland ( May 15, 2026, 21:10 GMT | Insight) -- The Iran war poses the greatest immediate threat to US financial stability due to energy supply disruptions and the potential for prolonged higher inflation, a US Federal Reserve survey of policymakers and market participants found. The survey, in March and April, shortly after the Feb. 28 start of the US-Israeli strikes, also found that “increased intensity of malicious cyberattacks could accompany the conflict in the Middle East,” the Fed’s Financial Stability Report said. The quarterly report said recent advances in artificial intelligence systems to exploit vulnerabilities “have introduced new challenges in safeguarding system security for financial institutions."The Iran war poses the greatest immediate threat to US financial stability due to energy supply disruptions and the potential for prolonged higher inflation, a US Federal Reserve survey of policymakers and market participants found....
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