How hard has the war hit GCC economies?

About this episode

The episode discusses the impact of the Iran war on GCC economies and the potential for economic recovery.

Arab Digest editor William Law welcomes the Gulf banking and finance analyst Andrew Cunningham onto the podcast to talk about the extent to which the Iran war is impacting the economies of the GCC states. They discuss the metrics used to measure economic damage and explore just how quickly Gulf economies can rebound once the war has ended. Given that the regime in Tehran has survived and will continue, both the West and the GCC will need to find what Andrew Cunningham calls a grand bargain with Iran. Sign up NOW at ArabDigest.org for free to join the club and start receiving our daily newsletter & weekly podcasts.

People in this episode

Host: William Law

Guest: Andrew Cunningham

Topics covered

• GCC economies
• Iran war
• economic impact
• banking
• finance
• recovery

Keywords

• GCC
• Iran war
• economy
• Andrew Cunningham
• William Law
• banking
• finance

Mentioned in this episode

Places: GCC, Iran

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