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'No return to normal': IMF warns of lasting damage from Iran war

EuroNews · 🇫🇷 public France · · 447 words · By Una Hajdari
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What to know about 'No return to normal': IMF warns of lasting damage from Iran war

The IMF is cutting its global growth forecast, preparing €42.9bn in emergency aid and warning that 45 million people face food insecurity.

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What happened

The IMF is cutting its global growth forecast, preparing €42.9bn in emergency aid and warning that 45 million people face food insecurity.

Why it matters

The International Monetary Fund will downgrade its global growth forecasts due to the Middle East war, managing director Kristalina Georgieva said Thursday, warning of lasting economic damage even in the most optimistic scenario.

Common ground

"Even in a best case, there will be no neat and clean return to the status quo ante," Georgieva said, citing spiralling energy costs, infrastructure damage, supply disruptions and a collapse in market confidence as factors that would weigh on growth…

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 11 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “A joint statement from the IMF, World Bank and World Food Programme warned that rising oil, gas and fertiliser prices, combined with transport bottlenecks, would 'inevitably lead to rising food prices and food insecurity'.”
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No evidence was found in any searched sources to confirm or refute the joint statement from IMF, World Bank, and WFP.
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Claim 2: “The fund's own research makes for grim reading. Output in countries where fighting takes place drops by 3% at the outset 'and continues falling for years,' it found.”
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No evidence was found in any searched sources to confirm or refute the IMF research on output drops in conflict areas.
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Claim 3: “At least 45 million people face food insecurity as a result of the conflict.”
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No evidence was found in any searched sources to confirm or refute the claim about 45 million people facing food insecurity.
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Claim 4: “The International Monetary Fund will downgrade its global growth forecasts due to the Middle East war.”
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Wikipedia evidence discusses the Middle East's economy and geography but does not reference IMF forecast changes or link them to the Middle East war. No corroboration found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The economy of the Middle East is highly diverse, encompassing a range of economic systems and levels of development. Some countries are wealthy hydrocarbon exporters, while others have centrally plan…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economy_of_the_Middle_East
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Middle East is a geopolitical region encompassing the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, the Levant, and Turkey. The term came into widespread usage by Western European nations in the early 20t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Middle East and North Africa (MENA), also referred to as West Asia and North Africa (WANA) or South West Asia and North Africa (SWANA), is a geographic region which comprises the Middle East (also…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East_and_North_Africa
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Claim 5: “World Bank President Ajay Banga said his institution could mobilise as much as $25bn (€21.4bn) 'very quickly' for developing countries hit by the war, with up to $60bn (€50bn) available over the longer term.”
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No evidence was found in any searched sources to confirm or refute the World Bank's funding statements.
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Claim 6: “The US-Israel war on Iran, launched on 28 February, has engulfed the Middle East in violence, snarled supply chains and sent oil prices surging after Tehran virtually blocked the Strait of Hormuz.”
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No evidence was found in any searched sources to confirm or refute the claim about the US-Israel war on Iran and its effects.
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Claim 7: “The IMF expects to deploy between $20bn (€17.2bn) and $50bn (€42.9bn) in emergency balance-of-payments support to war-affected countries.”
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Wikipedia entries provide general IMF and GDP information but do not mention the $20bn–$50bn emergency aid range or war-related balance-of-payments support. No corroboration found.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — IMF is the International Monetary Fund, an international financial institution. IMF may also refer to:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IMF_(disambiguation)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international financial institution and a specialized agency of the United Nations, headquartered in Washington, D.C. It consists of 191 member countries, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all final goods and services from a nation in a given year. Countries are sorted by nominal GDP estimates from financial and statistical institution…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_GDP_(nomi…
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Claim 8: “An earlier assessment of the Iran war was blunter still: 'All roads lead to higher prices and slower growth.'”
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Claim 9: “The IMF is cutting its global growth forecast, preparing €42.9bn in emergency aid and warning that 45 million people face food insecurity.”
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Wikipedia entries provide general information about the IMF but do not mention the €42.9bn aid allocation, global growth forecast cuts, or the 45 million food insecurity figure. No corroboration found in provided evidence.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international financial institution and a specialized agency of the United Nations, headquartered in Washington, D.C. It consists of 191 member countries, a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Monetary_Fund
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is an alphabetical list of countries by past and projected gross domestic product (nominal) as ranked by the IMF. Figures are based on official exchange rates, not on the purchasing power parity …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_past_and_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Mongolia's relations with the International Monetary Fund became official on February 14, 1991 when Mongolia became a member.
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Claim 10: “The World Bank said Wednesday that the Middle East, excluding Iran, was now expected to grow just 1.8% in 2026 — a downgrade of 2.4 percentage points from pre-war projections.”
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No evidence was found in any searched sources to confirm or refute the World Bank's 20سعد growth forecast for the Middle East.
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Claim 11: “Global headline inflation is also expected to be revised upward, driven by oil price shocks and supply chain disruptions.”
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No evidence was found in any searched sources to confirm or refute the claim about global inflation revisions.
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