Russia’s War in Ukraine May ‘Fundamentally Alter’ Global Economic, Political Order—IMF

Russia’s War in Ukraine May ‘Fundamentally Alter’ Global Economic, Political Order—IMF
A man removes debris outside a residential building damaged by shelling in the town of Makiivka on March 16, 2022. Alexander Ermochenko/Reuters
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WASHINGTON—Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will affect the entire global economy by slowing growth and jacking up inflation, and could fundamentally reshape the global economic order in the longer term, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Tuesday.

Beyond the human suffering and historic refugee flows, the war is boosting prices for food and energy, fuelling inflation and eroding the value of incomes, while disrupting trade, supply chains, and remittances in countries neighboring Ukraine, the IMF said in a post on its website.