BofA’s Francisco Blanch Explains the Path to $200 Oil

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Francisco Blanch, head of commodities and derivatives research at BofA Securities, sees the risks of recession growing “by the week” if the Iran war continues into April and May. Blanch says, “The war is gonna transform the way we think about commodities, more fundamentally.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Original article published by Bloomberg on March 16, 2026.
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