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World economy faces slower growth as globalisation boost runs out of momentum
World economy faces slower growth as globalisation boost runs out of momentum
With the latest IMF projections for global growth revised down to 3.6 percent this year and next, Senior Adviser Andrew Sentance considers the factors affecting this new forecast. Will the tensions between the West, Russia and China be a temporary phase, or continue to prevail?
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Jobs recovery brings inflation warnings
Jobs recovery brings inflation warnings
Senior Adviser Andrew Sentance comments on the latest UK inflation and labour market figures, arguing that the Monetary Policy Committee must step up to the challenge of preventing any damages of a possible inflationary surge.
The latest UK inflation and labour market figures …
Counting the economic cost of the global pandemic
Counting the economic cost of the global pandemic
Senior Adviser Andrew Sentance explores the drivers behind the projected long-term cost of the global pandemic. Andrew argues that countering the long-term impact of Covid-19 needs to be high up on the economic policy agenda both nationally and internationally.
The Covid pande…