Long energy supply disruption can impact global economy: IMF

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A very long ‌disruption to energy supplies from the war will clearly affect the global economy, the IMF’s strategy director has warned, according to Al Jazeera.

Christian Mumssen says it will be ⁠very difficult to plot the IMF’s October forecast ⁠if hostilities between the US and Iran continue.

“Internally, we will have to continue to think in scenarios. And for ‌some countries, the question of energy prices … is, of course, ‌extremely important,” he stresses.

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