In the most hopeful scenario for the global economy, the latest war in the Middle East ends within a few weeks. The region continues to produce oil and gas. Shipping resumes in the Strait of Hormuz, preventing a shock to the world’s energy supplies. Fear of inflation subsides.

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The Middle East war's impact on the global economy will depend on its duration and damage to infrastructure and industries in the region, particularly whether energy price increases are short-lived or persistent,

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

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Mary Lovely of the Peterson Institute for International Economics about what military action in Iran – and Tehran's response – could mean for the global economy.

Slowing growth, escalating trade wars, tightening cross-border capital flows, and intensifying migration pressures have dominated news headlines – and for good reason. Together, these forces threaten to undermine multilateralism and accelerate the rise ...

LONDON, Feb 20 (Reuters) - While the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Friday against President Donald Trump's use of tariffs marks a clear setback for his use of trade levies as an economic weapon, analysts say it offers little immediate relief for the ‌global economy.