The international environment In 2022, global economic growth remained below 3.5 per cent, 1 percentage point less than expected on the eve of the outbreak of war. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), it is unlikely to reach 3 per cent this year (Figure 1).
Inflation almost touched 9 per cent globally; in the advanced countries, it exceeded 7 per cent on average, the highest value for 40 years.