factories) to ramp up production such as computer chips. Others look set to persist in 2022, particularly those that require new business investments (i.e. Some of these shortfalls in production are related to COVID-19 measures and are likely to improve as restrictions are lifted. During the 2020 recession, IP fell more than total goods demand, and production always lagged behind consumption throughout the recovery.Īs a result, inventories throughout the global economy have been drawn down. The unprecedented boom in goods spending during the recovery has been fueled by diverted income that would have usually gone into services but did not due to COVID-19 restrictions on sectors such as tourism and restaurants, sufficient stimulus to lift disposable income despite falling labor income, and unusually high demand for some goods such as electronics. Global industrial production (IP) looks set to improve. For example, the global economy grew by 2.7% in 2019. This is less than the 5.8% we expect for 2021 but higher than the growth rate before the pandemic. We expect the global economy to grow by 4.3% in real terms in 2022. In terms of economic growth, 2022 looks set to be a good year, driven by the same factors that already supported the economic recovery in 2021: solid demand, a still supportive fiscal and monetary policy environment and the continued relaxation of COVID-19 related restrictions that will help industries such as tourism and travel. Solid growth despite supply chain challenges We believe that the economy that will ultimately emerge from this crisis will be profoundly different from 2019, with the most important changes likely to be unrelated to the pandemic. In our view, the coming year will be more “normal” than 2021, but with plenty of special factors still at work.
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However, not all features of the pandemic economy will be transitory. In 2022, we expect a reduction in the data fog as economic activity further normalizes. Toward the end of 2021, some central banks had enough confidence in the economic recovery to start reducing some of the emergency stimulus by slowing down asset purchases (tapering). shortages of goods ranging from computer chips to softwood lumber that were caused by COVID-19 related closures of factories and ports. the data fog issues, as well as ongoing supply chain issues, i.e. Inflation rose as well – in part due to so-called base effects, i.e. The recovery from the crisis continued into 2021, driven by strong stimulus effects and pent-up demand. In the USA, labor market statistics like initial jobless claims rose to levels previously unthinkable, while in financial markets, oil prices briefly turned negative, to name just two examples. However, the size of the economic shock resulted in unrecognizable data and a “data fog,” which made it difficult to interpret and even more difficult to forecast, leading to a wide dispersion in views among investors.
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This unprecedented shock led to extraordinary fiscal and monetary support, which helped to trigger a sharp recovery. When COVID-19 evolved into a global pandemic in 2020, the ensuing lockdowns sent the global economy into the steepest recession on record.
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Business as usual remains unusual – and will stay so for the foreseeable future.
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labor markets, have yet to stage a full recovery. Despite the fact that the COVID-19 pandemic now appears more under control thanks to vaccination programs, parts of the global economy, e.g.
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The last two years have been extraordinary – not only for humanity but also for the global economy.