Episode 18

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13th Jun 2025

Tensions in the Middle East & Market Ripples

Season 5, Episode 18: Welcome back to Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl! ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is out on travel this week so Keith Prather: Dr. Kuehl’s partner at Armada; talks to members about the attack by Israel on Iranian infrastructure & the newest GDP / inflation numbers.

ASA Chief Economist Dr. Chris Kuehl is out this week, but we are still back with a special economic update podcast hosted by Keith Prather: Managing Director at Armada Corporate Intelligence. In Season 5, Episode 18 (8:58 in length), Keith talks about how this attack tampered Iran’s command & control on the military – he also talks about economic stats for the month.

  • How long will these attacks go on for?
  • Overnight oil surge of 8% - is this due to the attack?
  • Are these attacks as significant as they were the last time this happened?
  • Historically with events like this, will there be volatility in certain industry sectors?
  • What will happen to the production side of things? Should ASA members be on the lookout?
  • What should we expect in the next few weeks?
  • What were expectations for the GDP numbers?
  • What are analysts looking at? When will tariffs hit the market?
  • How much longer do we have to wait to see what the tariff impact is? Will there even be an impact?
  • Will we have agreements by end of July?
  • What will happen if these agreements get appealed?

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Keeping it Real Podcast with Dr. Kuehl
PHCP-PVF economic updates in less than 10 minutes.
A weekly podcast, “Keeping it Real with Dr. Kuehl,” debut in July 2020. In these podcasts, ASA Chief Economist, Dr. Chris Kuehl, provides a brief 5-10 minute economic update on areas of keen interest to ASA members, including industrial PVF commodities.