WASHINGTON, D.C.: The World Bank warned on Tuesday that monetary policy tightening by the Federal Reserve could spur a “perfect storm” of threats to growth and financial stability in developing economies.

Regardless of whether the Fed begins raising interest rates at this week’s meeting or later, Bank economists said in a report that the shift in policy could pose huge challenges to so-called emerging and frontier economies (EFEs) that are particularly vulnerable.

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