{"id":334853,"date":"2026-04-15T09:00:57","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/imf-says-strait-of-hormuz-closure-raises-prospect-of-major-energy-crisis\/"},"modified":"2026-04-15T09:00:57","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:00:57","slug":"imf-says-strait-of-hormuz-closure-raises-prospect-of-major-energy-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/imf-says-strait-of-hormuz-closure-raises-prospect-of-major-energy-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"IMF says strait of Hormuz closure raises prospect of \u2018major energy crisis\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.ytimg.com\/vi\/xvYFl7Fu8VE\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"IMF says strait of Hormuz closure raises prospect of \u2018major energy crisis\u2019\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xvYFl7Fu8VE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The International Monetary Fund is forecasting a range of possible global economic scenarios due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. IMF\u2019s chief economist, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, says: \u2018Our adverse scenario assumes further disruption, leading to higher energy prices and inflation expectations, and tighter financial conditions throughout the year \u2026 Our severe scenario assumes that energy supply disruptions extend into next year with greater macro instability\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The International Monetary Fund is forecasting a range of possible global economic scenarios due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East. IMF\u2019s chief economist, Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, says: \u2018Our adverse scenario assumes further disruption, leading to higher energy prices and inflation expectations, and tighter financial conditions throughout the year \u2026 Our severe scenario assumes that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":334854,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[128995],"tags":[132790,129191,130690],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-334853","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-guardian-news","tag-fund","tag-international","tag-monetary"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>IMF says strait of Hormuz closure raises prospect of \u2018major energy crisis\u2019 | News ISC Videos<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Watch IMF says strait of Hormuz closure raises prospect of \u2018major energy crisis\u2019 for free, here on News ISC. 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