Don’t Overestimate the COVID-19 Recovery
At this point in the COVID-19 crisis, governments have only one good option: further aggressive fiscal stimulus, complemented by coherent virus-containment strategies. Without such policies, demand and confidence will remain subdued, and global growth will continue to falter well into the future.
WASHINGTON, DC – The world economy has risen from the depths of the initial COVID-19 plunge. But the recovery has been tepid, uneven, and fragile – and is likely to remain so for the foreseeable future.