IMF warns of global recession, inflation over 6% if strait stays closed | ABC NEWS
The IMF says the fallout from the US and Israel’s strikes on Iran will likely push growth down from 2025. It has recommended central banks raise interest rates to tamp down inflation.
In the organisation’s worst-case scenario, global growth would fall to 2 per cent and inflation spikes above 6 per cent.
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