World economy to slow, "paying the price of war": OECD

The world economy will take a bigger hit than previously forecast next year due to the effects of Russia's war in Ukraine, the OECD said Monday.

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Chief economist of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Laurence Boone. -- Photo: Eric Piermont/AFP

2022-09-26 14:21:24

The world economy will take a bigger hit than previously forecast next year due to the effects of Russia's war in Ukraine, the OECD said Monday.

In a bleak report titled "paying the price of war", the Paris-based organization noted that the conflict aggravated inflationary pressure when the cost of living was already rising quickly.

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