# How is war reshaping the global economy? 4 chief economists explain

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/agenda-dialogues-4061982/how-is-war-reshaping-the-global-economy-4-chief-economists-explain
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/agenda-dialogues-4061982/how-is-war-reshaping-the-global-economy-4-chief-economists-explain.md
Podcast: [Agenda Dialogues](https://stenobird.com/podcast/agenda-dialogues-4061982)
Published: 2026-04-02T13:34:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.weforum.org/podcasts/agenda-dialogues/episodes/how-is-war-reshaping-the-global-economy-4-chief-economists-explain
Audio file: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/7a4c7c40-80cc-489d-b5e9-5136b25359c1/AD_chief_econ_vid_march_26_mixdown.mp3?dest-id=4190921
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/agenda-dialogues-4061982/episodes/how-is-war-reshaping-the-global-economy-4-chief-economists-explain
Duration seconds: 2206

## Resource

The ongoing war in the Middle East is rapidly emerging as an unprecedented shock to the global economy, sending tremors through energy markets, supply chains and financial systems already strained by years of volatility. This is the full audio from a studio session on March 31, 2026, where four leading chief economists examined those questions and provided insights into what's next for the global economy. Read more about it here: https://www.weforum.org/stories/2026/04/chief-economists-global-economic-outlook-march-2026/ Speakers: Forum Managing Director Saadia Zahidi Saad Rahim, Chief Economist, Trafigura Razia Khan, Chief Economist & Head of Research, Middle East & Africa, Standard Chartered Bank Maximo Torero, Chief Economist, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations Ludovic Subran, Chief Investment Officer of Allianz Check out all our podcasts on wef.ch/podcasts : YouTube: - https://www.youtube.com/@wef/podcasts Radio Davos - subscribe : https://pod.link/1504682164 Meet the Leader - subscribe : https://pod.link/1534915560 Agenda Dialogues - subscribe : https://pod.link/1574956552

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/agenda-dialogues-4061982/episodes/how-is-war-reshaping-the-global-economy-4-chief-economists-explain/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/agenda-dialogues-4061982/how-is-war-reshaping-the-global-economy-4-chief-economists-explain.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.