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Why the global economy has not broadly slowed despite Middle East conflict, energy shocks

June 16, 2026·Economy Middle East

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GCC CONTEXT

Middle East geopolitical tensions have historically carried asymmetric risk for GCC economies—while regional conflict can create energy supply disruptions that theoretically support crude prices, Gulf exporters simultaneously face headwinds from global demand weakness and capital flight. The resilience of global growth despite recent shocks reflects structural changes in energy markets (including non-OPEC supply diversification and demand shifts toward renewables) and monetary policy responses that have partially offset traditional oil-shock transmission channels. For GCC markets, this decoupling between geopolitical risk and broad economic slowdown underscores the region's exposure to longer-term trends in global energy demand and international capital flows rather than short-term conflic

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