US EditionGlobal Economic Turbulence: The Ripple Effects of U.S.-Israeli War on Iran
The conflict has doubled jet fuel prices, causing flight cancellations and rerouting while disrupting supply chains from raw materials to luxury goods, impacting global markets.
- The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is rattling businesses worldwide, driving up energy prices and squeezing supplies of critical raw materials while threatening trade routes essential for the flow of goods from food to car parts.
- Conflict has crippled operations at Dubai International Airport, the world's busiest hub, after shutting much of the Middle East's airspace due to missile and drone threats, forcing tens of thousands of flight cancellations and reroutings.
- Aluminium Bahrain halted shipments and declared force majeure, while Indonesian nickel makers reliant on the Middle East for 75% of their sulphur face production cuts as Gulf shipping disruptions threaten the 8% of global aluminium supply sourced regionally.
- Major financial institutions including HSBC, Citigroup, and Standard Chartered have restricted regional operations for safety, while drone strikes damaged Amazon data centres in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, raising concerns about technology supply chains.
- With tourism worth some $367 billion annually to the Middle East, spiking jet fuel prices—doubled since conflict began—stoked fears of a broader collapse in travel demand, threatening the region's carefully constructed image as a vacation hot spot.
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How US-Israeli war on Iran is upending global business
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