OECD has more bad news on global growth
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has cut forecasts again citing trade disputes and uncertainty over Brexit
Paris — The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has cut forecasts again for the global economy in 2019 and 2020, following on from previous downgrades in November, as it warns that trade disputes and uncertainty over Brexit will hit world commerce and businesses. The organisation forecasts in its interim outlook report that the world economy will grow 3.3% in 2019 and 3.4% in 2020. These forecasts represent cuts of 0.2 percentage points for 2019 and 0.1 percentage points for 2020, compared to the OECD’s last set of forecasts in November. “High policy uncertainty, ongoing trade tensions, and further erosion of business and consumer confidence are all contributing to the slowdown,” said the OECD in its report. “Substantial policy uncertainty remains in Europe, including over Brexit. A disorderly exit will raise the costs for European economies substantially.” Europe remains impacted by uncertainty over Britain’s plans to exit the EU, the US-China trade spat a...
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