Global Economy

IEA's warning points to a summer oil crunch as Hormuz disruption, shrinking stocks, and fuel demand raise global inflation risks.

Global bond markets are selling off as the Iran war lifts energy prices, revives inflation risk, and tests central banks and fiscal resilience.

Global bond yields are rising as energy-driven inflation fears reshape expectations for central-bank policy, rate cuts, and financial markets.

Trump and Xi projected stability at their Beijing summit, but Xi’s Taiwan warning shows why global markets should be cautious about calling it a true U.S.-China reset.

Donald Trump is expected to press Xi Jinping over China’s role in the Iran war as oil prices, Hormuz shipping risks, trade talks, and inflation concerns converge.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres warns that prolonged disruption in the Strait of Hormuz could raise inflation, slow growth, worsen hunger, and push the global economy toward recession.

Governments in 39 economies are cutting energy taxes to offset rising fuel prices, raising concerns about inflation, fiscal deficits, and long-term policy risks.

China has lowered gasoline and diesel price caps for the first time since the Iran war began, signaling temporary relief from oil-price shock but renewed questions over inflation, energy security, and Asia’s economic exposure.

Rising tensions in the Strait of Hormuz are pushing oil prices higher and reshaping global inflation and policy outlooks. Here’s what it means for the world economy.

Attacks on Saudi energy infrastructure have cut oil output and pipeline flows, raising inflation and policy risks across Asia’s oil-importing economies.