World Economic Outlook, April 2021: Managing Divergent Recoveries

April 6, 2021

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World Economic Outlook, April 2021: Managing Divergent Recoveries, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2021) accessed December 21, 2024

Summary

The global economy is climbing out from the depths to which it had plummeted during the Great Lockdown in April. But with the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to spread, many countries have slowed reopening and some are reinstating partial lockdowns to protect susceptible populations. While recovery in China has been faster than expected, the global economy’s long ascent back to pre-pandemic levels of activity remains prone to setbacks.

Subject: COVID-19, Economic growth, Economic recession, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Financial crises, Financial markets, Health, International organization, Labor, Labor markets, Unemployment

Keywords: Caribbean, COVID-19, Economic recession, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Global, Headline inflation, IMF staff calculation, Job retention, Labor markets, Middle East and Central Asia, Productivity shock, Reallocation policy, Retention policy, South America, Sub-Saharan Africa, Unemployment

Publication Details

Pages:

191
Volume:

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Series:

World Economic Outlook No. 2021/001
Stock No:

WEOEA2021001
ISBN:

9781513575025
ISSN:

0256-6877

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