# This Week in Review | Iran Conflict Update, Canada Election, UK GDP (Apr. 17, 2026)

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Published: 2026-04-17T23:54:33+00:00
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## Resource

The economy and markets can feel dizzying and ever changing. That’s where we can help. Fisher Investments’ “This Week in Review” is a weekly segment designed to highlight a few things you may have missed this week, what they could mean for financial markets and why they matter to investors like you. This week, Fisher Investments reviews: • Iran conflict ceasefire negotiations • Canada’s byelection • UK economic update Below are the sources for all data cited in today’s show: 1. Source: FactSet, as of 4/16/2026. MSCI World Total Return Index, daily, 3/30/2026 – 4/15/2026. 2. Source: FactSet, Trading Economics and Macrobond, as of 4/16/2026. Y/y S&P 500 earnings and revenue growth, actual and estimated, 4/10/2026. US, UK, eurozone, and Japan flash manufacturing and service PMIs, March 2026. US and global developed market GDP-weighted yield curves, 3/31/2025 – 3/31/2026. 3. “Elections and Defections Unshackle Canada’s Liberals Under Carney”, Ian Austen, The New York Time, 4/14/2026. 4. Source: FactSet, as of 4/14/2026. MSCI World Index country weights, 3/31/2026. 5. Source: Trading Economics, as of 4/16/2026. United Kingdom Monthly GDP, January 2026 – February 2026. 6. Source: Trading Economics, as of 4/16/2026. United Kingdom GDP growth rate, Q1 2024 – Q4 2025. 7. Source: Trading Economics, as of 4/13/2026. UK Services and Manufacturing PMIs, November 2025 – March 2026. 8. Source: Macrobond and Fineaeon, Inc., as of 4/14/2026. Average S&P 500 Total Return index annual returns categorized by US real GDP annual percent changes of the following year, yearly, 1970 – 2025. 9. Source: FactSet, as of 4/16/2026. MSCI World Total Return Index, daily, presented in USD. Y/y percent changes in global GDP growth, quarterly, 12/31/2024 – 12/31/2025. Want to dig deeper? • What ceasefir…

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