Global economic recovery may take five years, World Bank chief economist says

 

FILE PHOTO: People wait in line to board a bus amidst the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Mumbai, India, September 16, 2020. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas

 

MADRID (Reuters) - The global economic recovery from the crisis originated by the coronavirus pandemic may take as much as five years, the World Bank’s chief economist Carmen Reinhart said on Thursday.

 

“There will probably be a quick rebound as all the restriction measures linked to lockdowns are lifted, but a full recovery will take as much as five years,” Reinhart said in a remote intervention during a conference held in Madrid.

 

Reinhart said the pandemic-caused recession will last longer in some countries than in others and will exacerbate inequalities as the poorest will be harder hit by the crisis in rich countries and the poorest countries will be harder hit than richer countries.

 

For the first time in twenty years, global poverty rates will rise following the crisis, she added.

 

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14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Global economic recovery may take five years, World Bank chief economist says

 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

“There will probably be a quick rebound as all the restriction measures linked to lockdowns are lifted, but a full recovery will take as much as five years,”

The bankers ... they all still believe that it will become again as it once was ... eternal growth without limits , forever ...

That is simply not possible , all is limited , resources , growth , time ...

That system the bankers work for has meanwhile proven to finally be destructive and leading to many more problems .