is these tensions, if they escalate and change into something more meaningful, i think that certainly we will have a huge reaction in the market, but for now i don t really see anything more meaningful coming into the market. ~ . market. we have reached the halfway point market. we have reached the halfway point of market. we have reached the halfway point of 2023. - market. we have reached the halfway point of 2023. how. halfway point of 2023. how would you describe the health of the global economy? that was a really intriguing of the global economy? that was a really intriguing question. - a really intriguing question. throughout this year, central banks and lawmakers have been focused on containing inflation, bringing inflation under control, and a lot of these banks have failed to bring the inflation to the target level, which is still running quite high, so especially in the uk the cost of living crisis is a huge issue, and inflation data last week has already show
have suffered exponentially and the ones that my organisation work with, the lbc s, small island developing states and those in africa who basically have had to weather this storm of the food crisis, the cold war, conflict and also the impact of covid. and then we look at women more than 2 million women left the workforce in the united states alone in 2021 and that has not been able to recover. the rates of sexual violence grows exponentially, domestic violence as well against women, and for young people it has been a very difficult time so when you combine all these factors, it has not been easy, but i do trust that we are able to address these issues in a broader framework to address these issues in a broaderframework and to address these issues in a broader framework and hopefully we will be able to emerge from this stronger and more resilient.