The American flag flies behind a Wall Street sign near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City on April 22, 2026. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)

A trader works at the New York Stock Exchange in New York on April 22, 2026. (Photo by ANGELA WEISS / AFP via Getty Images)

US Representative David Scott, Democrat from Georgia, questions Fed Chair Jerome Powell during the House Committee on Financial Services hearing on Oversight of the Treasury Department and Fed Reserve Pandemic response on June 30, 2020 in Washington, DC. According to US media reports on April 22, 2026, Rep. Scott has passed away at the age of 80. (Photo by Bill O'LEARY / POOL / AFP via Getty Images)

Shia clerics gather inside the Imam Ali Shrine in the Old City of Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)

People stand outside a hotel in Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)

A shop owner waits for custormers in the Old City of Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)

A shop owner waits for custormers in the Old City of Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)

A shop owner waits for custormers in the Old City of Najaf on April 22, 2026. The International Monetary Fund sharply reduced its 2026 growth forecast for the Middle East and North Africa to 1.1 percent on April 14, as war chokes Gulf oil and gas exports. Iran, Iraq and Qatar will be particularly hard-hit, the IMF's World Economic Outlook warned, with Iraq's economy projected to contract by 6.8 percent. (Photo by Qassem al-KAABI / AFP via Getty Images)