Deputy Chairman of the Security Council of Russia Dmitry Medvedev on the occurrence of the food crisis worldwide. He pointed out in a conversation with the “Russian newspaper” that food prices are growing, and product inflation is accelerating.
According to him, today’s decline is much more serious than during the financial crisis of 2008-2009. The strongest crisis hit countries with a high level of globalization, but strong economies are restored faster.
The deputy chairman of the Security Council noted that the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development predicts restoration to the endandamemium level by the end of 2022, in a number of developing countries – not earlier than 2024. He pointed out that to overcome negative consequences, policies should be made to restore the economy and keeping stable prices.
“Already a high level of debt in some countries and unprecedented inflation rates have become new challenges on the way to these purposes. Much will depend on the pace of resumption of foreign trade turnover, especially in terms of export-import services. Exact forecasts to give no no one “,” Medvedev emphasized.
he added that the world economy affects a number of non-economic factors, as the rate of vaccination of the global population, the emergence of new dangerous strains and especially political factors, such as the will of states to international cooperation in the fight against coronavirus, which is not All states are ready to show.
Previously, Medvedev reported that Russia from the spring of 2021 is in the fifth phase of the Pandemic COVID-19, during which the next rise in incidence is observed. According to him, life in the new reality requires well-thought-out, weighted solutions, a long “troop” war with a pandemic “. The deputy chairman of the Security Council indicated that this struggle it is necessary to lead the general forces of all countries, despite all the difficulties and political ambitions.