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In our latest World Economic Outlook forecast, we project global growth for 2021 at 5.5 percent, 0.3 percentage points higher than our October forecast, moderating to 4.2 percent in 2022. With advanced economies generally expected to recover faster, progress made towards convergence o...

Unwavering consensus expectations for a blowout EPS growth recovery this year have been a major force behind the recent equity bull run. As such, sentiment is likely to remain tightly tethered to the revision cycle in months ahead. So where do EPS growth forecasts stand now? ...

International trade volumes reached their pre-Covid-19 levels in 3Q20, just before many European countries went back into lockdown. Capacity constraints means volumes won't be able to rise much further when countries open up again. This will provide a headwind to the global recove...

Global markets have started 2021 with the same enthusiasm for the global reflation trade that has been driving markets since November of last year. We expect global GDP growth to recover sharply as the second virus wave fades and vaccination rates pick up. However, the dismal econ...

Key lessons from 2020. What will drive the economic recovery in 2021? Finding longer-term investment opportunities in 2021 and beyond. For further details see: TD Asset Management CIO On Key Investment Themes For 2021 And Beyond

Global uncertainty reached unprecedented levels at the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak and remains elevated. Economic growth in key systemic economies, like those of the United States and European Union, is a key driver of economic activity in the rest of the world. Only the Un...

2021: The year of the vaccine. Sectors to watch in 2021. 2021 corporate earnings could rise 30%. For further details see: Will Vaccines Boost Earnings And Help Fuel A Global Recovery?

Based on our macro regime framework, we expect the global recovery to continue, with emerging markets (EM) to expand and grow above trend and developed markets to follow soon after as they approach trend growth. We expect the global recovery to continue and anticipate a supportive env...

Investors appear almost universally to be pricing for an early-cycle mix of low interest rates and ongoing support from both monetary and fiscal policy, combined with the release of pent-up demand from consumers and manufacturers. Short-term stumbling blocks are not confined to the on...

Following an outsized contraction of economic activity in 2020, global output and demand are likely to rebound strongly this year. Central banks will likely keep borrowing costs low in order to enable ongoing fiscal support for years to come. An onset of fiscal fatigue (in which g...