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News & Current Events Mar 30, 2026 at 8:12 PM

IMF warns Middle East conflict will lead to higher prices and slower global growth

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IMF warns Middle East conflict will lead to higher prices and slower global growth
the Guardian
IMF warns Middle East conflict will lead to higher prices and slower global growth
Washington-based fund says rising energy and food costs will hit economies worldwide and could leave lasting scars
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PlanktonInitial7945 Mar 30, 2026 +18
But will it affect the trout population?
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Opposite-Bit6660 Mar 30, 2026 +9
Oil from bombed refineries raining down on water supplies won't help and since the smoke will reach the upper atmosphere and blanket the planet, fish everywhere will be affected.  So will the planet's children.
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magve Mar 30, 2026 +27
Trump and maga screwed the entire planet up
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PrairieScott Mar 30, 2026 +28
Probably need to come up with a different measurement of how successful a society is besides economic growth.
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GhostofSmartPast Mar 30, 2026 +22
Most of that growth doesn't even benefit the average person.
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YouthfulHasbeen Mar 30, 2026 +8
GDP can eat my c*** and ass
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PhantasosX Mar 30, 2026 +5
yeah, the more accurate example would be a comparisson of GDP with Purchase Power. As that would reflect if the economic growth is translated into improvement for average person.
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psyon Apr 1, 2026 +1
People get so damned focus on GDP.  If I pay you $100 to clean my cutters, and you pay me $100 to fix your deck, we have added $200 to the GDP yay!  But if we only charge each other $20, the GDB won't be as high even though we both still got what we needed.
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CurrentElectrical736 Mar 30, 2026 +11
Economic collapse is the more appropriate term.
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3RI3_Cuff Mar 30, 2026 +2
Haven't we grown enough
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Yrths Mar 31, 2026 +3
Developed countries, probably, but as a Trinbagonian I'm inclined to say no.
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3RI3_Cuff Mar 31, 2026 +1
I'm happy to let developing grow but the western world is developed and can afford to chill out for a while
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Plastic-Ad-2496 Mar 31, 2026 +1
I think we should stop caring about "global growth" and start doing something about this whole mass extinction thing.
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jknl Mar 30, 2026 -4
Thx Biden.
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psychocandy007 Mar 30, 2026 +7
/s ?
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erlo68 Mar 31, 2026 +2
Thx Obama
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Ultra_Metal Mar 30, 2026 -8
An Iranian nuclear weapon would lead to WW3 and a much bigger economic crisis.
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Blue_Rook Mar 30, 2026 +5
Possibly, but only idiot thinks that dropping some bombs, and killing few high-ranking people will be enough to stop Iran. Now regime can drop pretending that they aren't trying to build a bomb because this incompetent operation proven there is no conventional tool that can stop them.
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_Soup_R_Man_ Mar 30, 2026 +4
They'll have to infiltrate and sabotage somehow. Surely there's some CIA/MI5/mission for this sort of thing right? Where's Tom Cruz when ya really need him?!
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hypertr00per Mar 30, 2026 +1
We'll have to call Tom Clancy this time
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Ultra_Metal Mar 31, 2026 -3
If you think that only high ranking people are getting hit, then you are not paying attention. Everything is being hit. Their navy is gone. Their air force is gone. Their military bases are gone. Their weapon production factories are gone. The basij are being hunted down by drones and can no longer man the checkpoints that they were using to prevent protests.
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PlanktonInitial7945 Mar 31, 2026 +1
If all those things are gone then why is the war still going? More importantly, without navy, air force and military bases, _how are they shooting missiles to Dubai and Turkey_?
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Ultra_Metal Mar 31, 2026 -1
Iran is a big country. It's going to take time. Duh.
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Onedweezy Mar 30, 2026
It's the only thing insuring their survival
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HyperNova1000 Mar 30, 2026 -1
They were literally the only ones threatening everyone else for 40+ years
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Ultra_Metal Mar 31, 2026 -2
No, their pursuit of nuclear weapons is what caused the US and Israel to attack. If they didn't pursue nuclear weapons, it is unlikely that the US and Israel would have taken the huge risk of attacking.
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