The audacity of hopes that the global economy will continue to gravitate towards a sustainable growth path after the inimical impact of the lockdown across the globe consequent on the Covid 19 pandemic was dashed. With 2020 came the act of God; the pandemic which threatened human existence and caused ripple effects the world is still trying to recover from. Then came the act of man; the Russian -Ukraine crises which has further complicated issues and caused a negative surprise to growth forecast.