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The global economy is expected to sputter into 2023

U.S. economic forecast darkens as efforts to tamp down persistent inflation continue...

DENVER — The U.S. economy is poised to slow in 2022 relative to 2021, but economic growth will continue at a pace that is well above average. Consumers have powered the economic recovery since mid-2020…

CoBank releases 2021 Year Ahead Report – Forces That Will Shape the U.S. Rural Economy. Dec 31, 2020 1. Global economy: Uneven recovery ahead - Against all hope that COVID-19 would fade in 2020, it will continue to steer the global economy in 2021. Global economic recovery was very uneven in 2020, and given the current surge in virus cases, it is expected to remain the case in 2021. Confidence in GDP forecasts has increased since mid-2020, but uncertainties related to the disseminatio...

CoBank Releases 2021 Year Ahead Report – Forces That Will Shape the U.S. Rural Economy COVID-19 vaccine brings optimism for a brighter and more prosperous year ahead, but significant economic recovery unlikely before mid-year DENVER, Dec. 17, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The speed of the economic recovery will largely hinge on the availability, dissemination and reach of COVID-19 vaccines, pushing the expected burst of pent-up consumer demand into the latter half of 2021, according to a comprehe...