PremiumOpinionOpinion byMark ListerRotorua Daily Post·28 Jun, 2026 04:00 PM5 mins to readMark Lister is investment director at Craigs Investment PartnersOil prices have dropped about 25% from last month's peak. Photo / 123rfThe news of a potential deal between Iran and the United States couldn’t have come soon enough.The conflict had gone on for 15 weeks, much longer than initially expected and hoped.
That had raised the stakes for the inflation outlook, threatening to force the hand of central banks and











