Tehran's hardline rhetoric belies a brutal reality facing the regime and Iranian citizens: its economy, vulnerable even before the war, is now in tatters.

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.

UN report says US economic growth forecast to edge up to 2.0% in 2026 and 2.2% in 2027 In China, economy projected to grow by 4.6% in 2026 and 4.5% in 2027 Growth in India forecast at 6.6% for 2026 ...

We’ve talked before about a geopolitical recession, that we’re seeing fewer global solutions to global problems. Is anything giving you hope that the world can still rise to the occasion? I was ...

World Economic Outlook Update, October 2025: Three Essential Questions Global growth is projected to slow from 3.3 percent in 2024 to 3.2 percent in 2025 and 3.1 percent in 2026, with advanced ...

The 3.3 percent rate for 2026 would match last year’s pace. Booming investment in artificial intelligence is buttressing global output. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington The world economy is ...

The conflict could also fuel another bout of inflation, according to the International Monetary Fund. By Alan Rappeport Reporting from Washington War in the Middle East has upended the world economy, ...

The global economy has been resilient despite challenges like tariffs and geopolitics. The IMF's managing director warns not to take the resilience for granted, though. There are four things driving ...

BENGALURU, Jan 28 (Reuters) - Global economic growth will be 3% in 2026, exactly as forecast a year ago, according to a quarterly Reuters poll of economists, suggesting they are unfazed by the abrupt ...

Big oil shocks, a generation of economists has been taught, are a relic of the distant past, when energy production was concentrated in the Middle East and the world economy was not so ...