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    CRU: Score at Half-time—Will the Strong Recovery Continue?

    Written by Jumana Saleheen


    By CRU Principal Economist Alex Tuckett and Chief Economist Jumana Saleheen

    In this mid-year update to our global economic outlook, we look back at our expectations at the beginning of the year, and those of our surveyed clients, and compare them with actual outcomes over the past six months. Overall, the global economy is in vastly better shape at the start of the second half of 2021 than was expected six months ago, thanks to a powerful combination of mass vaccination rollouts and massive stimulus.

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