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By Lewis Krauskopf NEW YORK, March 6 (Reuters) - Investors will seek signs in the coming week of how sprawling the war in the Middle East will become and how much it will disrupt energy supplies, as they chew over fresh inflation data.

Hotter-than-expected inflation data, continued AI jitters, and potential private credit contagion rattle markets, today, Feb. 27, 2026.

Inflation may have been relatively tame in February, but that might not matter much to financial markets and the Fed.

A weak jobs report hit stocks at a time when a widening war in the Middle East is lifting oil prices and fuelling inflation jitters.

European stocks closed down more ​than 3% and MSCI's Asia Pacific index finished off 3.5%. South Korea led declines in Asian markets with a weaker won helping to send the KOSPI <.KS11> down 7.2%. “How much this war is disproportionately hitting Europe and other oil-importing countries is really being highlighted right now in the markets,