Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...
Although recent vaccine approvals have raised hopes of a turnaround in the pandemic later this year, renewed waves and new variants of the virus pose concerns for the outlook. Amid exceptional ...
The October ISM Manufacturing Index checked in at 48.7% for October (Briefing.com consensus: 49.4%), down from 49.1% in September. The dividing line between expansion and contraction is 50.0%, so the ...