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Media Advisory<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Â鶹APP to launch 2026 mid-year update\u00a0<\/strong>on the global economy<\/strong><\/p>\n Press briefing live on\u00a0UN WebTV<\/a><\/p>\n The report is under embargo until 19 May 2026, 12:45 pm EDT<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n \n The crisis in the Middle East has delivered another major shock to the world economy, heightening uncertainty, stoking inflationary pressures and testing the resilience of global growth.<\/p>\n Countries face varying degrees of exposure to the shock and also differ in their capacities to cope, leading to uneven impacts. For many developing economies, intensifying cost-of-living pressures, limited policy space, and slowing growth prospects risk further setbacks in advancing the\u00a0Sustainable Development Goals<\/a>, \u00a0while entrenching inequalities across and within countries.<\/p>\n Published by the UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN DESA),\u00a0<\/em>the\u00a0World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2026<\/em>\u00a0updates the global and regional economic outlook for the year ahead.<\/p>\n WHAT<\/strong><\/p>\n Press briefing to launch the\u00a0World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2026<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n WHO<\/strong><\/p>\n Shantanu Mukherjee<\/strong>, Director, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN DESA<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Ingo Pitterle<\/strong>, Senior Economist and Officer-in-Charge, Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN DESA\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n WHEN<\/strong><\/p>\n Tuesday, 19 May 2026, 12:45 pm EDT\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n WHERE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n UN Press Briefing Room, S-237 (Live on\u00a0http:\/\/webtv.un.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n The report will be available on 19 May 2026, 12:45 pm EDT at\u00a0desapublications.un.org<\/a>\u00a0once the embargo has been lifted.<\/span><\/p>\n\n