BBCNEWS Asia July 3, 2024
Geopolitical tensions and how it could drive up prices for all, especially poorer countries. Weve cut our forecast down from 1. 7 in april, cut it down to 0. 8 . We have already said risks were the downside when we made this earlierforecast, so down by almost one percentage point. There are number of factors, the continuing crisis in the world that we see and now of course we have the crisis in The Middle East. We have the slowdown in growth in china, we also have high Interest Rates that have continued. We see weak demand across the board in most sectors and most geographies. Thats why we cut...