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  "id": 2531266,
  "title": "World Bank projects war-hit Lebanon’s economy to contract by 6.4 percent",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/world-bank-projects-war-hit-lebanons-economy-to-contract-by-6-4",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-08-22T07:35:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al Jazeera",
    "slug": "al-jazeera",
    "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/8/22/world-bank-projects-war-hit-lebanons-economy-to-contract-by-6-4-percent?traffic_source=rss"
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  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Conflict with Israel derails Lebanon's economic recovery as inflation and consumer prices rise, the global lender says.",
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      {
        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
        "title": "Lebanon economy to contract by 6.4 percent due to war, World Bank says",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/22/lebanon-economy-to-contract-by-6-4-percent-due-to-war-world-bank-says",
        "published": "2026-08-22T06:53:20.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}