IMF says Israel-Hamas war already affecting local economies

The war between Israel and Hamas is already battering the economies of nearby countries, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund tells a Saudi investor forum.

“You look at the neighboring countries -– Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan –- there the channels of impact are already visible,” Kristalina Georgieva says at the Future Investment Initiative in the Saudi capital Riyadh.

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