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Covid 19 coronavirus: Stronger recovery - OECD lifts world economic outlook
10 Mar, 2021 04:37 AM
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The OECD warned of downside risk if international conflict slows the vaccine roll-out. Photo / AP
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has boosted expectations for a global recovery in 2021, citing the global vaccine roll-out and the enormous US stimulus package. The OECD now forecasts global economic growth of 5.6 per cent for the year, up from a forecast of 4.2 per cent in December. Global economic prospects have improved markedly in recent months, helped by the gradual deployment of effective vaccines, announcements of additional fiscal support in some countries, and signs that economies are coping better with measures to suppress the virus, the OECD s March Economic Outlook report says.