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Oct 2022
50m 47s

IMF: Global economic storm just beginnin...

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Sam Fenwick is joined by Shuli Ren, a journalist with Bloomberg in Hong Kong and Mitchell Hartman, a Senior Reporter for US radio show, Marketplace in Portland, Oregon. The International Monetary Fund has warned that, for many people, next year will feel like a recession. Daniel Leigh heads the World Economic Studies division in the funds Research Departmen ... Show More
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