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World Bank expects energy prices to rise 32% in 2026 due to the war in the Middle East

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The World Bank raised its commodity price forecasts citing energy supply disruptions stemming from the war in the Middle East and the threat El Niño poses to crops. The report forecasts a 32% increase in energy prices in 2026, reversing three years of declines, and oil averaging US$91 per barrel, with a 5.2% drop in global supply. It also anticipates an accumulated 18% rise in food prices this year and next.

In 40 seconds

  • The World Bank projects a 32% rise in energy prices in 2026, reversing three years of declines.
  • Oil would average US$91 per barrel and global supply would fall 5.2%, the largest drop in more than four decades excluding 2020.
  • Food prices would rise 18% cumulatively between this year and next due to El Niño.
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