Infometrics Chief Executive and Principal Economist Brad Olsen and Economist Sabrina Swerdloff discuss the current global economic outlook, with higher interest rates around the world continuing to promote a more challenging outlook for 2023. Persistently high inflation in some parts of the world threatens to keep these interest rate pressures for longer, with global growth expectations muted. Globally, travel and tourism activity is recovering, but the sustained strength of this recovery is set to turn more cautious over the next 12-18 months. And with growing financial concerns as bank lending comes under pressure, there is rising concern for global economic prospects.