Potholes in the global economic outlook

The 2020 global economic outlook has been downgraded again in 2020 as rising coronavirus cases occur and high frequency data softens. In this podcast Kim Mundy from the International Economics team and Belinda Allen, Senior Economist discuss the global outlook for 2020 and 2021, where the risks lie, both upside and downside. Kim also shares an outlook snapshot for China, the US, Europe, Japan and the UK.

 

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