Geopolitical tensions heightened by the Middle East conflict pose the biggest threat to the world economy right now but other risks are also at play, World Bank President Ajay Banga said on Tuesday.
"The U.S. 10-year Treasury just crossed 5% briefly yesterday, these are areas we haven't seen. So yes, that is right there lurking in the shadows," Banga said, referring to a rise in the benchmark for borrowing costs around the world which further threaten an economic slowdown.
"There is so much going on in the world and geopolitics in the wars that you're seeing and what just happened recently in Israel and Gaza. At the end of the day, when you put all this together, I think the impact on economic development is even more serious," he said. Banga said that while everything in the developed world looks better than had been expected some time ago, "I think that we're at a very dangerous juncture."
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