New Delhi, March 16 -- Nine central banks across developed and emerging economies, including the US Federal Reserve, European Central Bank (ECB), Bank of England, Bank of Japan and Bank Indonesia, will meet this week. The world economy has changed since the last time they met their respective teams.

The Middle East conflict has sent energy prices soaring, making their job of re-anchoring inflation expectations and managing growth trickier.

Brent crude has risen 68% so far in 2026 to $102 a barrel. The war is creating the largest supply disruption in the history of the global oil market, said International Energy Agency (IEA) last week. It has lowered its 2026 oil supply growth forecast to 1.1 million barrels per day (mbpd), down from 2....