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MEDIA ADVISORY<\/strong><\/p>\n PRESS BRIEFING The report is under embargo until 15 May 2025, 12:30 pm EDT<\/strong><\/p>\n A sudden escalation of trade tensions has sent shockwaves through the global economy, dampening growth prospects while fueling uncertainty and inducing financial market volatility. <\/strong>Trade-dependent economies face the greatest risks, as higher tariffs and evolving trade policies threaten to disrupt global supply chains, increase production costs, and delay critical investment decisions.<\/p>\n Tariff-driven price pressures are adding to inflation risks, complicating monetary policymaking. At the same time, trade barriers and heightened uncertainty are aggravating debt challenges by cutting export revenues, reducing foreign currency inflows, and tightening liquidity. Many developing countries, already constrained by limited fiscal space, may struggle to respond effectively, jeopardizing progress in sustainable development.<\/p>\n The World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2025<\/strong> updates UN DESA\u2019s economic forecasts from January 2025<\/a> and highlights the urgent need for stronger international cooperation to ease trade tensions and promote a stable, inclusive global economy.<\/p>\n WHAT:\u00a0 <\/strong>Press briefing to launch the<\/p>\n World Economic Situation and Prospects as of mid-2025 <\/strong><\/p>\n WHO:<\/strong> Shantanu Mukherjee<\/strong> Ingo Pitterle WHEN:<\/strong> Thursday, 15 May 2025, 12:30 pm EDT<\/p>\n WHERE: <\/strong>UN Press Briefing Room, S-237 The report will be available on 15 May, 12:30 pm EDT at https:\/\/desapublications.un.org\/<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Hashtag: #WorldEconomyReport<\/p>\n MEDIA CONTACTS: Alexandra del Castello, <\/strong>UN Department of Global Communications, alexandra.delcastello@un.org<\/a> EXPERT INTERVIEW OPPORTUNITIES Mr. Shantanu Mukherjee<\/strong>, Director, Economic Analysis and Policy Division (English)<\/p>\n Mr. Ingo Pitterle<\/strong>, Senior Economic Affairs Officer (English, German)<\/p>\n Mr. Grigor Agabekian,<\/strong> Economic Affairs Officer (Russian)<\/p>\n Ms. Zhenqian Huang<\/strong>, Economic Affairs Officer (Chinese)<\/p>\n Mr. Sebastian Vergara<\/strong>, Economic Affairs Officer (Spanish)<\/p>\n Regional Outlooks<\/strong><\/p>\n Africa<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Ms. Katarzyna Rokosz<\/strong>, Associate Economic Affairs Officer (English, Polish)<\/p>\n Mr. Julian Slotman<\/strong>, Associate Economic Affairs Officer (English, Dutch)<\/p>\n Mr. Yasuhisa Yamamoto<\/strong>, Economic Affairs Officer (English)<\/p>\n North America<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Ingo Pitterle<\/strong>, Senior Economic Affairs Officer (English, German)<\/p>\n Mr. Yasuhisa Yamamoto<\/strong>, Economic Affairs Officer (English)<\/p>\n East Asia<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Ms. Zhenqian Huang<\/strong>, Economic Affairs Officer (English, Chinese)<\/p>\n South Asia<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Ms. Danyira Perez<\/strong>, Associate Economic Affairs Officer (English, Spanish)<\/p>\n Western Asia<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Ms. Berna Dogan<\/strong>, Economic Affairs Officer (English)<\/p>\n Europe, Economies in transition & Commonwealth of Independent States<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Ingo Pitterle<\/strong>, Senior Economic Affairs Officer (English, German)<\/p>\n Mr. Grigor Agabekian,<\/strong> Economic Affairs Officer (English, Russian)<\/p>\n Latin America & the Caribbean<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Sebastian Vergara<\/strong>, Economic Affairs Officer (English, Spanish)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Media Advisory | United Nations to launch updated outlook for global economy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":370,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5270],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115507","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-material"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/370"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115507\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/sustainabledevelopment\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n<\/strong>Thursday, 15 May 2025, 12:30 pm EDT
\nLive on UN WebTV<\/a><\/p>\n
\nDirector, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN DESA<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Senior Economic Affairs Officer, Global Economic Monitoring Branch, Economic Analysis and Policy Division, UN DESA<\/p>\n
\n(Live on http:\/\/webtv.un.org<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nHelen Rosengren, <\/strong>UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs, rosengrenh@un.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n
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\nGlobal Outlook<\/strong><\/p>\n