Middle East tensions swing oil prices . Business leaders expect poor conditions . Rising food and energy costs strain families . European growth slowed due to high bills . Europe raises interest rates while other nations cut them . American households spend money while Chinese buyers hold back . Factory output grows in India , but other nations struggle . High shipping costs and delays make global trade difficult . A new report urges investment to boost worker output . US stocks reach high levels .

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across the globe . 全球 . around the world . 世界各地 . Central banks . 央行 . due to . 因為 . Financial markets . 金融市場 . global trade . 全球貿易 . hold back . 縮減 . interest rates . 利率 . Middle East . 中東 . oil prices . 油價 . other countries . 其他國家 . poor conditions . 狀況不佳 . recent months . 最近幾個月 . slowed down . 放緩 . their own . 他們自己的 . United States . 美國 . worker output . 生產力 .