Talk of War Dominates Annual Gathering of Global Finance Chiefs
- Fallout from Hamas attack is dominating talks at IMF meetings
- Geopolitical risks are now ‘most significant,’ Le Maire says
Israeli Defence Forces outside Sderot, Israel on Sunday.
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War in the Middle East has swollen the list of geopolitical risks for global finance chiefs already confronting fallout from conflict in Ukraine and bracing for a year of pivotal elections.
The Hamas attack on Israel and potential for further economic disruption have taken center stage among the fiscal and central banking elite gathered at the International Monetary Fund’s annual meetings being held in the Moroccan city of Marrakech.