The overall losses could push the regional unemployment rate up by as much as four percentage points, costing some 3.6 million jobs and forcing up to four million people into poverty NEW YORK, March 31. /TASS/. Arab countries may lose nearly $200 billion due to the Middle East conflict, delivering a serious blow to economic growth in the region, Bloomberg reported, citing a United Nations Development Program (UNDP) report. A short-lived military escalation in the Middle East could "generate