Wednesday, January 27, 2021

IMF upgrades global pandemic recovery but warns of "exceptional uncertainty"

The world is slowly starting to recover from the economic carnage wrought by the pandemic but there's still "exceptional uncertainty", the International Monetary Fund has warned. 

Global growth is forecast to be 5.5 percent in 2021 as vaccinations roll out. But IMF chief economist Gita Gopinath warns vaccine hoarding by wealthy nations is a major risk to the recovery. 

Here's my report on this morning's edition of AM.


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