Even if you don’t care about geopolitics, this is now about your wallet.
Growth forecasts cut for US and global economy, while UK suffers sharpest downgrade in G7Reeves arrives at IMF with little leeway to prove its UK downgrade wrongA further escalation in the Iran war could trigger a global recession that would affect the UK more than any of the other G7 nations, the International Monetary Fund has warned.Against an…
The International Monetary Fund warned that if the war in Iran escalates, it could further raise oil, gas, and food commodity prices, putting the global economy at risk of a recession. The IMF published its April 2026 World Economic Outlook titled “Global Economy in the Shadow of War” on Tuesday, warning that the state of…
“The global outlook has abruptly darkened following the outbreak of war in the Middle East,” the IMF report stated.
The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that the US-Israeli war on Iran could slow global economic growth, stoke inflation, and increase the possibility of a worldwide recession and energy crisis.The illegal war of choice on Iran being waged by US President Donald Trump and the government of fugitive Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has…
Emma Ashford discusses Trump’s incoherent Iran strategy, the failures of post–Cold War foreign policy, and why a multipolar world limits American power.
