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Zambia Cuts Economic Growth Outlook as El Niño Threat Builds

Bloomberg13 October 2026, 12:42 UTCZambia

Zambia trimmed its growth forecasts for the next two years due to the mounting economic threat that El Niño poses to the copper-rich nation, as well as the prolonged impact of the Iran war.

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