UN drops forecast for global economic growth in 2022 to 3.1pc

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The United Nations (UN) on Wednesday significantly lowered its forecast for global economic growth this year from four per cent to 3.1 per cent, saying the war in Ukraine has triggered increasing global food and commodity prices and exacerbated inflationary pressures, upending the fragile recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The mid-2022