@HakeemG

I agree yet here we are. We can't forget the context:
#freepalestine
#Cognitive decline
#Hunterbiden
#Immigration
#vaccines
#recession

This was the news all of 2024. None of it relevant in context to the disaster that is US Republicans.

Fears of another lockdown amid fuel shortages and recession risk
By Nassim Khadem

As fuel costs surge and supply fears grow, businesses and households say the economic shock from the war in the Middle East is already hitting home.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-17/fears-of-another-lockdown-amid-fuel-shortages-recession-risk/106568312

#Recession #CostofLiving #EconomicGrowth #Economy #Inflation #InterestRates #SmallBusinesses #Unemployment #Work #FederalGovernment #Budget #COVID19 #EpidemicsandPandemics #War #NassimKhadem

Fears of another lockdown amid fuel shortages and recession risk

As fuel costs surge and supply fears grow, businesses and households say the economic shock from the war in the Middle East is already hitting home.

Eye-opening long read but imo *very* well worth it!

“They Needed a Recession: Private credit runs, phantom AI infrastructure, and the convenient timing of a war”

by Fabio Vighi in Savage Minds on Substack

“This is not one man's [ie Trump’s - my edit] folly. Rather, this is the system operating in its most sinister and manipulative register—floating out an agent of chaos, hiding behind that chaos, sweeping the real story under the rug of Hormuz and Lebanon, while preparing a mass celebration of the very collapse they orchestrated”

https://open.substack.com/pub/savageminds/p/they-needed-a-recession

#Press #SocialMedia #US #Trump #Iran #War #Economy #Recession #Chaos #OperationEpsteinFury #OperationEpicMistake

Crisis As Strategy In Global Finance: Private Credit Stress And AI Bubble Signal System Strain

Redemption pressures, GDP revisions and an AI data centre bubble reveal deep structural stress in global finance, pointing to crisis-driven economic policy.

Savage Minds
Iran war escalation could trigger global recession, IMF warns

Growth forecasts cut for US and global economy, while UK suffers sharpest downgrade in G7

The Guardian
The IMF cut its growth outlook due to Middle East war-driven energy price spikes but said the world was already drifting toward a more adverse scenario as Strait of Hormuz shipping disruptions continue. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/business/2026/04/15/economy/imf-cuts-growth-outlook/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #business #economy #us #donaldtrump #middleeast #iran #straitofhormuz #oil #shipping #recession #economy #economicindicators
IMF cuts growth outlook, warns world already drifting toward more adverse scenario

Under the IMF's worst-case outlook, the global economy teeters on the brink of recession, with oil prices averaging $110 a barrel ​in 2026 and $125 in 2027.

The Japan Times
7-Eleven braces for a major pullback, planning 645 North American store closures

7-Eleven expects to close hundreds of its convenience stores this year. According to earnings filings published last week, 7-Eleven’s North American operator plans to close 645 stores in the 2026 fiscal year — outpacing the 205 locations it forecasts it will open during that same time. Seven & i Holdings, the Japan-based parent of the convenience chain, noted that these closures “include the conversion to wholesale fuel stores.” The company did not specify which locations could be impacted. But the latest cuts arrive as higher prices strain consumers worldwide.

AP News

The global economy is at risk of recession if the US-Israel war with Iran continues and high energy prices persist, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned.

In its World Economic Outlook report, the IMF said in a worst-case scenario - where oil, gas and food prices spike and remain high this year and next - global growth could fall below 2% in 2026.

#GlobalEconomy #recession #war #energy

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4g66p2q075o

'Bit of pain' worth long-term security from Iran, Bessent tells BBC

US Treasury Secretary said a "small bit of economic pain" was worth it to eliminate the threat of Iranian strikes on Western capitals.

#IranWar escalation could trigger global #recession, #IMF warns | #GlobalEconomy | The Guardian

So, a convicted criminal who somehow got elected to office and faces even bigger allegations in the #EpsteinFiles is about to plunge the world into economic turmoil in order to deflect attention from those very allegations, which nobody is fooled by. Oh, and cost countless lives too. Thanks a lot, #Trump.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/apr/14/iran-war-global-recession-imf-uk-growth-forecasts-oil-prices

#Politics #Economics #US #EU #G7 #UK

Iran war escalation could trigger global recession, IMF warns

Growth forecasts cut for US and global economy, while UK suffers sharpest downgrade in G7

The Guardian

#War in the #MiddleEast has upended the #world #economy, the #IMF said Tues, warning in a report that disruptions to #oil markets could slow growth, fuel #inflation & raise the possibility of a global #recession.

The sober message came after the #GlobalEconomy had largely weathered a #pandemic, #Russia’s war in #Ukraine & soaring inflation without tipping into a recession. But #Trump’s decision to initiate a war in #Iran has stopped the world economy in its tracks.

#FDT
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/14/business/iran-war-imf-economic-growth.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Middle East War Will Slow Global Economic Growth, I.M.F. Warns

The conflict could also fuel another bout of inflation, according to the International Monetary Fund.

The New York Times