[1/2] General view of the oil refinery, part of Grupa Lotos taken over by PKN Orlen in 2022, in Gdansk, Poland August 9, 2022.
Turbulence in oil, China's COVID crunch and unravelling cryptocurrencies make for uncomfortable reading for investors starting to parse what looks like a recessionary year ahead.
Higher interest rates and slowing economies dominate most 2023 outlooks, not least Tuesday's latest from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Underlining the growth gloom, China's battle with COVID and its widening curbs only seemed to worsen.
Pain in the crypto world continued, with many investors fearing the fallout from the collapse of exchange FTX is just beginning.