Forecasts for a second year of strong global growth face two main dangers: the health of China’s economy and the prospect of much higher U.S. interest rates.
How the world’s commercial poles navigate these risks will determine whether 2021’s rapid expansion was a blip or whether the recovery will outlive the pandemic.
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