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

June 16, 2026·Economy Middle East

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Energy supply resilience and diversified global demand structures have historically insulated major economies from Middle East disruptions that would have triggered significant shocks in prior decades, a pattern particularly relevant to GCC hydrocarbon exporters whose economic models depend on sustained global growth and oil consumption. Regional conflicts typically affect GCC markets through capital flow volatility, local equity valuation repricing, and currency movements rather than through direct energy-driven global recession, reflecting both the strategic reserves held by consuming nations and the hydrocarbon abundance across multiple producing regions. Understanding this structural decoupling—between geopolitical events in the Middle East and broad-based economic contraction elsewher

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