IMF warns global economy ‘could soon test the limits of resilience’

• Developing nations face triple shock, UN warns

  

  

The global economy “could soon test the limits of resilience”, as emergency oil stocks run low and government budgets become overstretched, the International Monetary Fund has warned.

In its twice-yearly World Economic Outlook, the IMF said global growth had withstood the Middle East conflict better than feared over the past six months.