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Prospects for the global economy to end-2017

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: PROSPECTS H2 2017
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: International INT PROSPECTS H2 2017

Topical: economy bonds consumer employment equities exchange rate fiscal foreign trade growth investment monetary oil prices wages industry debt foreign policy government infrastructure manufacturing policy private sector productivity
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2017), "Prospects for the global economy to end-2017", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB221230

Thursday, June 1, 2017

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PROSPECTS: H2 2017: Global economy

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Despite concerns over elections, leadership changes and economic risks, equity markets have strengthened on expectations of higher GDP growth and inflation while bond markets have remained steady. Economic activity has improved across the world, underpinning confidence. Trade flows have picked up, and the oil price has settled higher than in the first eleven months of 2016. The uncertainty surrounding US policy -- notably interest rate trends -- remains a global concern, but near-term risks are specific rather than systemic.

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