In just over nine weeks, the Iran war has sent shock waves through the global economy with major signs of slowdown emerging across multiple parts of the world. Rising energy costs are fueling ...

The International Monetary Fund trimmed its global growth forecast for 2026 as the oil-price shock from war in the Middle East rippled across economies worldwide.

In the two months since the Strait of Hormuz was closed, many of the world’s major economies have been soldiering on.

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In just eight weeks, much of the global economy has been knocked sideways. America has mostly been spared from the tumult.

U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran have darkened the outlook for the world economy. The conflict has driven up oil, natural gas ...

The U.S. economy accelerated at the start of 2026, expanding at a modest 2% pace from January through March after recovering ...

Geopolitical events and related uncertainties have contributed to choppy commodity and financial markets, but S&P Global’s Purchasing Managers Indexes (PMIs) point to relatively resilient economic ...

The global fight against extreme poverty used to be a success story. In 1981, a staggering 41% of the world’s population lived on less than a couple of dollars a day. By 2024, that number plummeted to ...

Events in the Middle East have materially changed the near-term economic and financial outlook. Our updated forecasts are based on short-lived disruptions to energy production and supply of just a few ...