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Global economy gets new resilience test as oil stocks run low

The International Monetary Fund warns the global economy could soon be tested, as emergency oil stocks are low and government budgets are stretched. The IMF said global growth coped with the Middle East conflict better than expected over the last six months. They upgraded the UK's GDP growth forecast for this year to 1.3%, up 0.3 percentage points from July.

By BriefTea Editorial · 13 October 2026 at 6:11

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