BBCNEWS BBC News March 17, 2022 14:33:00
To the global economy. and this is it. if things carry on as they are, the world economy will be blown off course, at the very least by 1% overall. but far greater than that for eurozone countries and to a far less significant scale for the likes of the us. however, no country is immune. inflation will keep on rising. perhaps by a further 2.5%. why? because russia and ukraine export the things we can't do without — oil and gas for fuel. metals for manufacturing. so, although russia and ukraine together contribute just 2% of global economic growth, they supply 30% of the world's little wonder...