{"id":23146,"date":"2026-07-31T11:57:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:57:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23146"},"modified":"2026-07-31T11:57:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T06:57:42","slug":"rising-us-iran-tensions-increase-risks-to-energy-prices-and-inflation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/?p=23146","title":{"rendered":"Rising US-Iran Tensions Increase Risks to Energy Prices and Inflation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Renewed tensions between the United States and Iran have heightened concerns over rising global energy prices, trade disruptions and increased volatility in financial markets.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In its latest monthly economic outlook report, Pakistan&#8217;s Ministry of Finance warned that growing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East could pose risks to inflation and the country&#8217;s external sector during the 2027 fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p>According to the report, higher international oil prices could lead to increased domestic energy and transportation costs, placing additional pressure on consumers.<\/p>\n<p>The ministry estimated that inflation, measured through the Consumer Price Index (CPI), is likely to remain between 9 and 10 percent during July 2026.<\/p>\n<p>The report stated that renewed tensions between Washington and Tehran could negatively affect global trade, energy markets and financial systems.<\/p>\n<p>However, the ministry said that stronger economic fundamentals, improved foreign exchange reserves, government preparedness and continued policy measures have strengthened Pakistan&#8217;s ability to cope with external shocks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Renewed tensions between the United States and Iran have heightened concerns over rising global energy prices, trade disruptions and increased volatility in financial markets. In its latest monthly economic outlook report, Pakistan&#8217;s Ministry of Finance warned that growing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East could pose risks to inflation and the country&#8217;s external sector during [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":23147,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"googlesitekit_rrm_CAowgLK2DA:productID":"","_sitemap_exclude":false,"_sitemap_priority":"","_sitemap_frequency":"","jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":""},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,47,46],"tags":[270,215,149,2856,144,6467,62,2493],"class_list":["post-23146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-important-news","category-latest","tag-economy","tag-inflation","tag-iran","tag-middle-east","tag-ministry-of-finance","tag-oil-prices","tag-pakistan","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23148,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23146\/revisions\/23148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakalerts.net\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}