The I.M.F. warns that a global recession could soon be at hand.

The International Monetary Fund

that the world could soon be on the brink of a global recession as economic slowdowns in the United States, Europe and China along with twin food and energy crises weighed heavily on growth.

In an update of the World Economic Outlook, the I.M.F. said economic prospects had darkened significantly in recent months as war in Ukraine, inflation and a resurgent pandemic inflicted pain on every…