This is not pleasant reading from Bloomberg, on a Citi report re the risks from North Korea

  • "Financial markets need to care" about the risks from nuclear-armed North Korea
  • "good reason to believe that risks are ratcheting higher now than in the past."

Citi's Wednesday report cites:

  • North Korean regime has become more unpredictable under Kim Jong-Un
  • The country's ballistic-missile program is making technological progress
  • U.S. foreign policy is more unpredictable, with the Trump administration pledging to consider all options
  • China has stepped up pressure on North Korea, spurring its neighbor's criticism, though China may still prefer a nuclear-armed North Korea than a failed state
  • "It is tough to price anything other than higher volatility in the short-term, but there are clear risks to supply chains and to global confidence, as well as implications for capital flows that could upset market equilibria"

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