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conflict has continued to unsettle the global economy, as the [Strait of Hormuz –](/news/2026/5/8/as-us-and-iran-weigh-peace-deal-stranded-seafarers-wait-in-limbo) the crucial shipping route for oil and gas exports from the Middle East – has effectively
Middle East are having on British energy bills, while Rachel Reeves, the chancellor, [has described the conflict as a “mistake”](https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/apr/15/rachel-reeves-donald-trump-iran-war-uk-us) that is wreaking havoc on the global economy. In an attempt
global oil and gas prices have risen sharply due to the effective closure of the strait of Hormuz. The emerging picture of how the UK economy has been faring since the start of the Middle
economy was clearly slowing even before the conflict in the Middle East and interest rate hikes had really started to impact.” The pressures are most clearly shown in household incomes that are barely [keeping
conflict in the Middle East, which started on 28 February, severely disrupting global energy supplies, with Asian countries hit particularly hard. It also marks the first release of official GDP figures since Beijing
economy to post-COVID low: World Bank The [conflict](/news/2026/6/10/us-bombs-iran-after-trump-threat-tehran-closes-hormuz-strait-to-all-ships) in the Middle East is set to bring global economic growth to its slowest since the COVID-19 pandemic, the World Bank has warned
Middle East crisis sent global oil prices soaring as the conflict effectively closed one of the world's key water transport routes for oil, liquid natural gas and other essential commodities, limiting global supplies
Middle East oil and gas crunch will impose as much as a trillion dollars of additional costs on the global economy while petroleum companies rake in spectacular profits from elevated fuel prices, analysis has revealed
Middle East conflict](https://www.npr.org/series/1205445976/middle-east-crisis) ### [Here's how much the Iran war cost — and how its effects will linger](https://www.npr.org/2026/06/17/nx-s1-5860739/iran-war-cost-oil-military-trade) These commitments do depend on further negotiations. But the Trump administration also
conflict. Maintaining the current situation – or escalating into new attacks – risks continued knock-on effects to the US economy, driving tanking approval on how Trump has handled the war. Meanwhile, the administration is likely aware
effective closure of the strait, which runs between Iran and Oman, has caused a spike in worldwide fuel prices and rattled the global economy. The U.S.-led Joint Maritime Information Center is now advising ships
effectively closed and peace talks between the US and Iran failed. The IMF said: "Once again, the global economy is threatened with being thrown off course - this time by the outbreak
global trade, rising tensions in Taiwan, and competition in advanced technologies are all at stake. Economically, the ongoing trade war with the US and the conflict in Iran may be bad news
conflict in the Middle East: [Possible Iran talks](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/g-s1-118595/middle-east-war-updates#One) | [NATO rift](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/g-s1-118595/middle-east-war-updates#nato) | [Mines in Hormuz](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/g-s1-118595/middle-east-war-updates#five) | [New sanctions](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/g-s1-118595/middle-east-war-updates#six) | [Journalist killed](https://www.npr.org/2026/04/24/g-s1-118595/middle-east-war-updates#Two)[Pope Leo](https://www.npr.org
Middle East unleashed by the US and Israeli attacks on Iran, according to a separate report from the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC). Despite embryonic signs of a ceasefire, amid talks between
global fallout. The predicted “domino effect” of communism sweeping south-east Asia, as Henry Kissinger and Johnson feared, did not materialise, save in Cambodia and Laos.  is that Britain is the G7’s biggest loser
economy. The latest attacks in the Middle East indicate that the conflict is entrenched and increasingly hard to solve. Asian stocks have fallen sharply after Iran and the US exchanged their biggest round of fire
Middle East. When the instruments of conflict extend through armed proxies, the closure of vital maritime corridors and threats to global energy supplies, any state, regardless of its efforts, finds itself drawn into the trajectory