"We are likely to see some downgrades of our forecasts of global economic growth made in October," TASS quoted her as saying at the Reuters NEXT conference.
Earlier, the head of the Federal Reserve System (FRS) Jerome Powell warned about the risks of inflation in the United States due to the omicron strain.
The spread of the new strain of coronavirus could also reduce the desire of people to work from the office, which will slow down progress in the labor market, he said.