2. The forecast for 2023 is 0.2 percentage point higher than predicted in the October 2022 World Economic Outlook (WEO) but below the historical (2000–19) average of 3.8 percent. #IMF#RECESSION#GDP#INFLATION#WORLD
3. The rise in central bank rates to fight inflation and Russia Ukraine war continue to weigh on economic activity. The rapid spread of COVID-19 in China dampened growth in 2022, but the recent reopening has paved the way for a faster-than-expected recovery. #IMF#RECESSION
4. Global inflation is expected to fall from 8.8 percent in 2022 to 6.6 percent in 2023 and 4.3 percent in 2024, still above pre-pandemic (2017–19) levels of about 3.5 percent. #IMF#RECESSION#GDP#INFLATION#WORLD
5. The balance of risks remains tilted to the downside, but adverse risks have moderated since the October 2022 WEO. On the upside, a stronger boost from pent-up demand in numerous economies or a faster fall in inflation are plausible. #IMF#RECESSION#GDP#INFLATION#WORLD
6. In most economies, amid the cost-of-living crisis, priority remains sustained disinflation. With tighter monetary conditions and lower growth affecting financial and debt stability, it is necessary to deploy macroprudential tools and strengthen debt restructuring frameworks.
7. Fiscal support should be better targeted at those most affected by elevated food and energy prices, and broad-based fiscal relief measures should be withdrawn. #IMF#RECESSION#GDP#INFLATION#WORLD
7(a) Stronger multilateral cooperation is essential to preserve the gains from the rules-based multilateral system and to mitigate climate change by limiting emissions and raising green investment. #IMF#RECESSION#GDP#INFLATION#WORLD
10. Top 10 Countries with highest inflation forecasted in year 2023!!
Many Asian countries, notably Japan, Taiwan, and China, are all predicted to see inflation lower than 3% in the upcoming year. #IMF#RECESSION#GDP#INFLATION#WORLD
10(a) When it comes to low inflation, Japan in particular stands out. With strict price controls, negative interest rates, and an aging population, the country is expected to see an inflation rate of just 1.4% in 2023. #IMF#RECESSION#GDP#INFLATION#WORLD
11. While rising food and energy prices accounted for much of the inflation in 2022, the IMF’s World Economic Outlook highlights that core inflation, which excludes food, energy, transport and housing prices, is now a major driving factor in inflation rates around the world.
12. Core inflation would include things like supply chain cost pressures and the effects of high energy prices slowly trickling down into numerous industries and trends in the labor market, such as the availability of jobs and rising wages. #IMF#RECESSION#GDP#INFLATION#WORLD
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🔆Berlin State Election final result:
CDU — Centre-right: 28.23% (+10.19)
SPD — Centre-left: 18.40% (-3.03)
GRÜNE — Green: 18.39% (-0.49)
LINKE — Left-wing: 12.20% (-1.86)
AfD — Nationalist: 9.09% (+1.09)
FDP — Liberal: 4.64% (-2.46) #Berlinwahl2023 news18.com/news/world/sch…
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats suffered a loss on Sunday in Berlin state elections, coming second to the conservative opposition. #Berlinwahl2023#Germany#Scholz
The Christian Democratic Union (CDU) won around 28 percent of the vote in the election for Berlin’s regional parliament, while Scholz’s SPD scored about 18 percent, its worst postwar result, according to the estimates by broadcasters ARD and ZDF. #Berlinwahl2023#Germany#Scholz
🔆Attempt to dislodge BJP and Mr Modi from power in 2024!!! #Thread 1. Since the last few months of 2021, several small gatherings in London and Delhi, including in one of the embassies in New Delhi, have taken place. #India#Modi#Hindutva#BJP#SanatanDharma
3. At least three such meetings have taken place in Delhi as well in the last three months. One of the meetings was organized at a private residence in Moti Bagh in south Delhi. #India#Modi#Hindutva#BJP#SanatanDharma
🔆#HAL will display a new Indian fighter HLFT-42 in the #AeroIndia 2023. Aero India surpasses #China's Zhuhai airshow in terms of number of countries participating with 811 exhibitors including 110 foreign exhibitors!!! aeroindia.gov.in
According to a press release, the HLFT-42 (Hindustan Lead in Fighter Trainer) is a two-seat, single-engine “next-generation supersonic trainer [fighter]” that will play a critical role in modern combat aircraft training. #India#China#fighterjet#AeroIndia2023
HLFT-42 is supposed to be equipped with an electronically scanned active phrased usearray radar (AESA), electronic warfare and infrared search and tracking systems IRST. #India#China#fighterjet#AeroIndia2023
🔆Justin Trudeau's Canada
Josh Alexander A high school student in a Catholic school in Renfrew was suspended and school authorities had him arrested for saying there are only two genders. #Canada#Trudeau#trans#USA#EUROPE#LibsofTikTok
On Monday 6th Feb 2023, Alexander returned to class and was promptly met by the vice-principal, arrested by two local police officers and charged with trespassing. #Canada#Trudeau#Transgender#LibsofTikTok
A lawyer representing Alexander said that the school won’t let him attend classes again until he agrees “not to use the ‘dead name’ of any transgender student religious beliefs.” #Canada#Trudeau#Transgender#LibsofTikTok
🔆#ohiotrainderailment
"While vinyl chloride itself is a carcinogen, the burning of the chemical, which releases hydrogen chloride and phosgene, can be very lethal. Phosgene, a highly toxic, colorless gas with a strong odor, was notoriously used as a weapon during World War I."
The accident raises questions about safe rail transportation of vinyl chloride, a chemical that is predominantly converted to polyvinyl chloride on the site where it is produced. #ohiotrainderailment#USA cen.acs.org/safety/Safety-…
There were approximately 20,000 rail shipments of vinyl chloride in North America in 2021, the Chlorine Institute says. Up to 10% of the vinyl chloride made in the US is transported rather than derivatized on-site. #ohiotrainderailment#USA
🔆US Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act April 2022 #Thread 1. In April 2022 11 Democratic and 5 republican senators cosponsored a bill introduced by Rep. Gregory Meeks, H.R. 7311 "Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act". #Russia#Africa#USA#EU
2. Sec 2(b) of US “Countering Malign Russian Activities in Africa Act” states - "(B) to hold accountable the Russian Federation and African governments and their officials who are complicit in aiding such malign influence and activities." #Russia#Africa#USA#China
3. In section 3(a)(1) of the act US wants to - (1) strengthen democratic institutions,😂 improve government transparency and accountability, improve standards related to human rights, labor, anti-corruption initiatives, #Russia#Africa#Trade#economy#USA#China