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This is the indicator from planning money, I'm Adrian Ma.

And I'm Paddy Hirsch.

Just how concerned are Americans about the war between Russia and Ukraine?

Just the day before Russia invaded, an associated press poll will find that fully 20% of Americans

think the US should not have any role at all in this situation.

And 52% think that if the US does play a role, it should be a minor one.

Which is kind of understandable, right?

Ukraine is on the other side of the world.

Neither Russia nor Ukraine is really like a vital US trading partner.

And a lot of things that we import from those countries like oil and wheat, the US can

actually easily produce itself.

So it might be tempting to think that because the US doesn't really rely on Russia or

Ukraine, their war won't have a huge consequence for us.

Yeah, Adrian, that would be a mistake.

The last year has shown us how inextricably interconnected the world has become, and

how events in one part of the world can affect all of us.

Yesterday you touched on some of the ways the war in Ukraine will affect the US economy.

Today we're going to take a closer look.

That's coming up after the break.

The most obvious way Russia's invasion of Ukraine might affect us is in the form of higher

energy prices, and particularly high gas prices.

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