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Weak long-run growth raises risks to the world economy

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INTERNATIONAL

Global GDP will grow by less this decade than the past unless there is a surprise uptick in productivity

Debt strains will rise in Middle East and North Africa

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MIDDLE EAST/NORTH AFRICA

External debt indicators have worsened in past decade in some Middle Eastern and North African countries

China deals show Sri Lanka’s economic short-termism

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SRI LANKA

Sri Lanka has recently agreed a currency swap with China and secured a loan from its key partner

Little scope for much-needed rise in budget spending

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INT

High demands on increasingly strained public budgets are fuelling fiscal sustainability fears and bond market sell-offs

Ukraine war poses particularly strong risks for Italy

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EUROPE

The economic impact of war in Ukraine threatens to fuel political instability ahead of the election

Security fears will strengthen Arab authoritarianism

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MIDDLE EAST

Young Arabs now see 'Islamic State', not reform, as the region's greatest challenge