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oil and fertilisers have driven up food production costs, most food that is being consumed globally was produced well before the war began. Global cereal production has also never been higher. Cereal stocks are predicted
futures markets. That's unusually fast. "There's an element of immediate relief," he says. "And more relief will be coming in a month or two when things really start to get fully back
future.  Colombia’s Irene Vélez Torres, left, greets the Dutch minister of climate and green growth, Stientje van Veldhoven. Photograph: Raúl
2026. Experts warn the war in the Middle East is likely [drive up inflation](https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/30/bank-of-england-leaves-interest-rates-on-hold), which was sent soaring by the Covid pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Bank of England
price. The same pattern was seen in traders buying contracts for Brent crude, the other major oil benchmark. The trades appeared "abnormal, for sure," one oil analyst told the BBC at the time. Away from
oil shock, and the panglossian view of the experts is about to be shattered. As Spence says, “the worst case is you end up with significant rationing because that
prices at the pump pose a risk to oil companies because if they persist for too long, demand drops and the economy could crash. **U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio is meeting with Pope
predicting that the pressure will soon translate into higher borrowing costs, leading to a potential recession. Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, the parliament speaker who led the first round of talks with the US in April, also
predictions were made before the Iran war. In April, the Bank of England warned that UK inflation could go as high as 6% in the worst-case scenario. Although inflation has fallen significantly since
2026,” he says. About 25% of the world’s seaborne crude-oil trade, or about 20m barrels a day of oil production, transits the strait of Hormuz according to the [International Energy Agency](https://www.iea.org
future, strategically and militarily, if the conflict persists. On Thursday, the Financial Times blared, “Consumer confidence slumps to two-year low,” as The Guardian reported, “UK braces for price rises driven by Iran
predicts that between 600 and 800 posts will be lost in oil and gas every month for the next five or 10 years. With around a quarter of all the UK's energy jobs based