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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Business
Larry Elliott Economics editor

Russian war slowing growth and hiking inflation, European Commission warns

Pipes of the Reckrod gas compressor plant near Eiterfeld, central Germany.
Pipes of the Reckrod gas compressor plant near Eiterfeld, central Germany. The country is one of the EU member states heavily dependent on Russian gas. Photograph: Michael Probst/AP

Europe’s economy faces the twin blows of slower growth and higher inflation as it struggles to deal with the fallout from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Commission has warned.

In its summer forecast, the governing body in Brussels said the “protracted war” was sending shockwaves through the eurozone and the wider EU, leading to a marked slowdown in activity next year.

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