WILL THE stagflationary forces acting on the world economy last? Throughout 2021, central banks and most economists have said that the factors causing inflation to rise and growth to slow would be ...

The global economy will accelerate in 2021, though with significant variation around the world as vaccinations reduce direct costs of the pandemic as well as lockdowns and social distancing.

Nevertheless, a 2021 recovery is very uncertain. China’s economy is growing strongly again, but many of the world’s richest nations may not fully rebound until 2022 at the earliest.

The World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) 2021 warns that the COVID-19 pandemic, which has delivered a heavy blow to economic activities worldwide, may exert devastating long-run socio ...

The World Economic Situation and Prospects Monthly Briefing is prepared by the Global Economic Monitoring Branch of UN DESA’s Economic Analysis and Policy Division.

But 2021 growth views for 55% of 44 economies polled on were upgraded from three months ago, led by the U.S. economy - which was predicted to mark the fastest annual expansion since 1984 - and ...

The global economy is expected to expand 4% in 2021, assuming an initial COVID-19 vaccine rollout becomes widespread throughout the year.

During economic crises it is normal to hear those responsible for economic policy say, “We are all Keynesians now.” Looking at the record highs of the stock markets during a time of dramatic ...

The coronavirus has crippled the world economy. Global GDP suffered its sharpest drop since the end of the second world war in 2020, millions were unemployed or furloughed, and governments pumped ...

The world's economic output will exceed $100 trillion for the first time next year and it will take China a little longer than previously thought to overtake the United States as the No.1 economy ...

The global economy is climbing out from the depths to which it had plummeted during the Great Lockdown in April. But with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spread, many countries have slowed ...

A broad-based economic recovery requires an end to the pandemic. Last May, the IMF released a detailed and comprehensive road map to end the COVID-19 pandemic, save lives, and put the world back on ...