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Saturday, June 11, 2022

Stagflation Risk Rises Amid Sharp Slowdown in Growth [The World Bank, June 2022] & link to the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report

Title:
Stagflation Risk Rises Amid Sharp Slowdown in Growth
 
Published:
The World Bank, 7 June 2022
 
From the article:
Compounding the damage from the COVID-19 pandemic, the Russian invasion of Ukraine has magnified the slowdown in the global economy, which is entering what could become a protracted period of feeble growth and elevated inflation, according to the World Bank’s latest Global Economic Prospects report. This raises the risk of stagflation, with potentially harmful consequences for middle- and low-income economies alike.