USA-IMF/Middle East/Global Impact
USA-IMF/Middle East/Global Impact
Dateline : April 9, 2026/Recent/File
Location : United States
Duration : 1'45
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - Oct 15, 2025 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
1. IMF headquarters
FILE: Washington D.C., USA - Date Unknown (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
2. IMF logo
FILE: Strait of Hormuz - 2011 (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
3. Aerial shot of island at Strait of Hormuz
4. Boats sailing through Strait of Hormuz
FILE: Kharg Island, Iran - 2016-2018 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya/Persian language TV Stations outside Iran. Strictly No Access BBC Persian/VOA Persian/Manoto TV/Iran International/Radio Farda)
5. Various of Kharg Island, oil facilities
FILE: Bab Oilfield, UAE - 2023 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
6. Various of oil field facilities, pipelines, fire
Warsaw, Poland - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
7. Various of gas station, board showing prices, resident refueling car
Los Angeles, California, USA - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
8. Various of price board, people refueling cars at gas station
Bangkok, Thailand - Recent (CCTV - No access Chinese mainland)
9. Various of people waiting in line, refueling vehicles, motorbikes at gas station
Sudan - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya TV/Middle East Broadcasting Center)
10. Various of local people at farm market; vegetables for sale
FILE: Miami, Florida, USA - May 2025 (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland)
11. Various of consumers shopping at store
Port Sudan, Sudan - Recent (CGTN - No access Chinese mainland/Al-Arabiya TV/Middle East Broadcasting Center)
12. Aerial shots of port scene, vessel, containers, cranes, trucks
International Monetary Fund (IMF) Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Thursday called for coordinated actions to offset the Middle East War's impact on the world economy.
In a speech titled "Cushioning the Middle East War Shock" at the opening of the 2026 IMF Spring Meetings, Georgieva urged all countries to "reject go-it-alone actions, export controls, price controls, and so on" that could further disrupt global conditions.
She said that fiscal authorities should provide targeted and temporary support to the vulnerable, aligned with their medium-term fiscal frameworks.
The IMF chief also called on central banks to step in firmly with rate hikes if inflation expectations threaten to break anchor and ignite a costly price spiral, while stressing that fiscal support should remain targeted and temporary.
Furthermore, Georgieva noted that all nations must use their limited fiscal resources responsibly, and that both micro- and macro-prudential policies need to be aligned to mitigate stability risks and maintain a resilient financial system.
Since the outbreak of the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran on Feb 28, global daily oil supply has fallen by about 13 percent, while liquefied natural gas supply has dropped by roughly 20 percent, according to IMF data. Those reductions have sent international energy prices soaring.
Brent crude oil briefly jumped from 72 U.S. dollars per barrel before the conflict to 120 U.S. dollars, and while prices have since eased, they remain significantly higher than pre-war levels. The cost of accessing energy has risen sharply for many nations.
Georgieva pledged support to members with financing through the fog of uncertainty, expecting near-term demand for IMF balance-of-payments support to rise to somewhere between 20 billion and 50 billion U.S. dollars, given the spillovers of the Middle East War.
ID : 8474089
Published : 2026-04-10 09:20
Last Modified : 2026-04-10 18:03:52
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