China Xiaokang Net, October 24th, according to a report by the International Monetary Fund , Europe will be able to survive the coming winter due to the accumulation of fuel reserves, but will face gas and electricity prices next year. record risk.
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The Russian news agency reported that the IMF said that by mid-September 2022, Russia's natural gas supply to Europe had fallen by an average of 80% annually, and Bulgaria , Denmark, Finland , Germany , Lithuania , Netherlands and Poland exports completely stopped.
Meanwhile, IMF experts started their baseline forecasts with ample winter reserves, but they also allowed for an extreme case of unusually cold weather combined with a complete cessation of Russian gas supplies. In this case, according to their estimates, Europeans would be forced to look for opportunities to reduce fuel consumption by 6%, which would cost the most vulnerable countries around 3% of GDP compared to baseline projections.
