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EducationalHow Is Inflation Measured? The Consumer Price Index and Why Iran's Statistics Center and Central Bank Differ
Learn how the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is built from a basket of goods and services, what separates monthly, year over year and trailing 12 month inflation, and why Iran's Statistics Center and Central Bank sometimes report different numbers.
EducationalThe Neighbors' Markets: How Does Iran Connect to the Persian Gulf, Iraq, the Caucasus and Central Asia?
Four distinct channels link Iran to its neighbors' economies: Iraq as a goods export destination, the UAE as a financial and re-export hub, the Caucasus as a transit and energy corridor, and the east as a barter settlement route. Each channel comes with a dated real number.
EducationalFour Channels That Connect the Global Economy to Iran's Markets: From the Fed's Rate to Oil Prices
Learn how a Fed decision, the dollar index, the global gold ounce and the price of oil reach Tehran's free dollar, the coin, domestic gold and the stock market, with a hypothetical worked example for the dollar-gold chain and a real, dated example for the oil channel.
EducationalWhat Is Intermarket Analysis: How Long Do Iran's Dollar, Gold, Stocks and Housing Take to React?
Learn what intermarket analysis means, why global gold usually reacts to a shock before the dollar, the dollar before the Tehran bourse, and the bourse before housing, illustrated with a real, dated example from Iran's markets in the week of August 19 to 22, 2026.
EducationalA Map of Global Markets: What Is an Index, and Why Does Its News Reach Iran's Market?
Learn what a stock index measures, why some of the world's benchmark indices are price weighted while others are market cap weighted, meet a few major global indices and currency pairs, and see the three channels through which their news reaches Iran's market.
EducationalWhat Is Government Budget Deficit and Fiscal Dominance, and Why Does It Reach Both Inflation and the Stock Market?
This lesson explains how a government budget deficit gets financed, either by selling bonds or with central bank help, what "fiscal dominance" means, and why these decisions reach both inflation and the stock market; with a labelled hypothetical example and a note on dated real figures.