Economic recovery under threat amid surging COVID cases: UN
Fibre2Fashion Toggle navigation 12 Pic: Shutterstock While the global growth outlook has improved, led by robust rebound in China and the US, surging COVID-19 infections and inadequate vaccination progress in many countries threaten a broad-based recovery of the world economy, says the latest United Nations forecast. The widening inequality casts a shadow over projected 5.4 per cent global growth in 2021. According to the World Economic Situation and Prospects (WESP) mid-2021 report, following a sharp contraction of 3.6 per cent in 2020, the global economy...