US Election Creates ‘High Uncertainty’ for Fragile Markets, IMF Says
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The International Monetary Fund said the US election is creating “high uncertainty” for markets and policymakers, given the sharply divergent trade priorities of the candidates.
The knife-edge contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump comes against an already fraught geopolitical background, generating deep uncertainties that haven’t so far been reflected in financial markets, the IMF said in its Global Financial Stability Report published Tuesday.