According to the World Bank's latest Global Economic Prospects report, global growth is slowing sharply in the face of elevated inflation, higher interest rates, reduced investment, and disruptions caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Given fragile economic conditions, any new adverse development such as higher-than-expected inflation, an abrupt rise in key interest rates to contain it, a resurgence of the Covid-19 cases, or escalating geopolitical tensions could push the global economy into recession.
The overall economic resilience in the Asia Pacific region is expected to prevent a global recession even though mild recessions are forecast in the US and Europe.
The positive outlook for 2023 is despite concerns emanating from the global slowdown and a possible recession in the Western economies due to the unwinding of monetary policy by central banks.
Georgieva warned that 2023 is going to be tougher on the global economy than the one left behind. "Why? Because the three big economies, US, EU, China, are all slowing down simultaneously," she said.
Some of the major concerns facing the equity markets are tightening monetary policy by various central banks to contain inflation, recessionary fears and high stock valuations.
A global recession may have direct and considerable repercussions on the Indian commercial office market as it depends heavily on expansion by global corporates.
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