{"id":71271,"date":"2026-04-09T10:58:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/head-of-imf-says-iran-war-will-permanently-scar-global-economy-even-if-peace-is-reached\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T10:58:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T15:58:17","slug":"head-of-imf-says-iran-war-will-permanently-scar-global-economy-even-if-peace-is-reached","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/head-of-imf-says-iran-war-will-permanently-scar-global-economy-even-if-peace-is-reached\/","title":{"rendered":"Head of IMF says Iran war will permanently scar global economy even if peace is reached"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kristalina Georgieva says even \u2018most hopeful scenario\u2019 will lead to growth downgrade and cause permanent hit to living standards<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/live\/2026\/apr\/09\/oil-stocks-fall-fragile-ceasefire-middle-east-business-news\">Business live \u2013 latest updates<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that the Iran war will permanently scar the global economy even if a durable peace deal in the Middle East can be reached.<\/p>\n<p>In a speech delivered as the ceasefire in the conflict threatened to unravel, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/kristalina-georgieva\">Kristalina Georgieva<\/a> said the \u201cscarring effects\u201d caused by the war to date would mean slower global growth this year than first anticipated.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/business\/2026\/apr\/09\/imf-head-kristalina-georgieva-iran-war-permanently-scar-global-economy\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kristalina Georgieva says even \u2018most hopeful scenario\u2019 will lead to growth downgrade and cause permanent hit to living standards Business live \u2013 latest updates The head of the International Monetary Fund has warned that the Iran war will permanently scar the global economy even if a durable peace deal in the Middle East can be &#8230; <a title=\"Head of IMF says Iran war will permanently scar global economy even if peace is reached\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/09\/head-of-imf-says-iran-war-will-permanently-scar-global-economy-even-if-peace-is-reached\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Head of IMF says Iran war will permanently scar global economy even if peace is reached\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71271","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71271","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=71271"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71271\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=71271"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=71271"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=71271"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}