Jan 20, 2022

The Covid-19 pandemic brought a hidden endemic condition into the light: The share of people who report mental health problems has increased markedly, with the prevalence more than doubling in many countries.

Jan 18, 2022

Record-high inflation in advanced economies is turning up the heat on central banks. With average wages set to rise significantly in 2022, they face a difficult choice: overlooking the overshoot to protect the post-Covid recovery or tightening quickly to stave off a potential wage-price spiral that would add fuel to the fire.

Jan 13, 2022

Global growth should remain robust but uneven, with rising divergence between advanced and emerging market economies. However, just like in the eponymous movie, whose title we borrowed for this report, current growth dynamics might keep us from looking up during the current phase of the recovery.

Dec 16, 2021

After a decade of declining capital spending, public infrastructure investment is surging in the US and Europe. Scaling up spending on infrastructure has become an essential element of the fiscal stimulus to boost economies after Covid-19.

Dec 15, 2021

Even before Covid-19 upended our lifestyles, social and political risk were already on the rise in a number of countries and regions, largely due to the mismanagement of social protection. How has Covid-19 changed social risk?

Dec 09, 2021

Global supply-chain disruptions will remain high until H2 2022, on the back of renewed Covid-19 outbreaks globally, China’s continued zero-Covid policy and demand and logistic volatility during Chinese New Year.