BBCNEWS World Business Report July 6, 2024
it's three years today since chinese state media reported the first recorded death from covid—19. since then the global economy has been under intense pressure, and now the world bank is warning it is close to falling into recession. in its latest economic forecast, the bank said after surging by over 5% in post—pandemic 2021, growth in the world's richest economies is likely to slow sharply from 2.5% last year to just 0.5% this year, and debt caused by the pandemic will take decades to pay off. the bbc�*s north america business correspondent samira hussain reports from new yor...