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View all search resultsBanga's comments, on the sidelines of the spring meetings of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank, reflect growing recognition of the huge impact the war is already having on global growth and inflation, with developing countries likely to be hit the hardest.
Though the World Bank has downgraded its growth projection for Indonesia due to the economic fallout from the Iran war, a move preceded by a similar revision by the OECD last month, the government insists on the achievability of the state budget target.
The war in the Middle East will have a cascading impact on the global economy, even if a ceasefire announced by US President Donald Trump takes hold, World Bank President Ajay Banga told Reuters in an interview on Friday.
The global growth could be lowered by 0.3 to 0.4 percentage point in a baseline scenario, with an early end to the war, and by as much as 1 percentage point if it endures, according to World Bank's projection.
International Finance Corporation (IFC), the World Bank Group’s private sector arm, has urged Indonesia to prioritize the growth of more productive, higher-value businesses through regulatory reforms.
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