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IMF cuts global growth forecast over Ukraine war
Business World | 20/04/2022 08:59 AM | Click to read full article
The International Monetary Fund on Tuesday slashed its forecast for global economic growth by nearly a full percentage point, citing Russia's war in Ukraine, and warned that inflation was now a "clear and present danger" for many countries.
Further sanctions on Russian energy and a widening of the war, a sharper-than-forecast deceleration in China and a renewed flare-up of the pandemic could further slow growth and boost inflation while rising prices could trigger social unrest.