{"id":334827,"date":"2026-04-15T09:00:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-will-the-uks-growth-be-hit-harder-by-iran-war-than-other-major-economies\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:00:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:00:36","slug":"why-will-the-uks-growth-be-hit-harder-by-iran-war-than-other-major-economies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/why-will-the-uks-growth-be-hit-harder-by-iran-war-than-other-major-economies\/","title":{"rendered":"Why will the UK&#8217;s growth be hit harder by Iran war than other major economies?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/CQtfRs7M2QU\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"Why will the UK's growth be hit harder by Iran war than other major economies?\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/CQtfRs7M2QU\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The IMF has cut its forecast for economic growth this year to 0.8% &#8211; the largest downgrade among the G7\u2019s wealthy nations &#8211; before improving to 1.3% in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Inflation, which had been gently fading before the US and Israel attacked Iran, is now expected to edge up again, as is the rate of unemployment, which is predicted to reach 5.6%.<\/p>\n<p>Higher prices and more jobseekers will leave everyone &#8211; households, businesses and the government &#8211; poorer. But an average inflation rate of 3.2% in 2026 is a far cry from the double-digit inflation the UK experienced the last time energy prices took off, after Russia invaded Ukraine four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>The IMF\u2019s assumption is that the scale of this shock is not comparable, and that the war will be short-lived. But its forecast was effectively nailed down a month ago. Energy prices have risen since, and what happens next looks as unpredictable as the man driving events &#8211; President Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http:\/\/bit.ly\/2lOHmNj<br \/>\n\u2022 Get breaking news and more stories at http:\/\/www.itv.com\/news<\/p>\n<p>Follow ITV News on TikTok https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@itvnews?lang=en<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Instagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on Facebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/itvnews\/<br \/>\nFollow ITV News on X: https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvnews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The IMF has cut its forecast for economic growth this year to 0.8% &#8211; the largest downgrade among the G7\u2019s wealthy nations &#8211; before improving to 1.3% in 2027. Inflation, which had been gently fading before the US and Israel attacked Iran, is now expected to edge up again, as is the rate of unemployment, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":334828,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128812],"tags":[131191,141627,132996],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-334827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-itv-news","tag-economic","tag-forecast","tag-growth"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Why will the UK&#039;s growth be hit harder by Iran war than other major economies? | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch Why will the UK&#039;s growth be hit harder by Iran war than other major economies? for free, here on News ISC. 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