Vaccine inequity posing ‘significant risk’ to global economic recovery: UN report

Although the outlook for global growth has improved, the ongoing impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as inadequate progress on vaccination in poorer countries, are putting recovery at risk, according to the latest UN economic forecast, published on Tuesday.  https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2021/05/1091732
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COVID-19: Recovery will be slower following ‘crisis like no other’, IMF predicts

24 Jun 2020

Economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic is projected to be more gradual than previously forecast, according to a report published on Wednesday by the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

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Post-pandemic world economy still feeling COVID-19’s sting

16 May 2023

Prospects for a robust global economic recovery remain dim as the lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic carry on, according to the UN’s latest World Economic Situation and Prospects report, released on Tuesday.

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IMF lowers global economic growth outlook as ‘fog thickens’

11 Apr 2023

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) forecast in their latest World Economic Outlook published on Tuesday, that global growth will bottom out at 2.8 percent this year before rising modestly to around three percent in 2024, representing a 0.1 per cent fall on its January projections.