Jordan Economic Monitor, Spring 2021 : Uncertain and Long Trail Ahead

Despite recent progress on vaccine developments to combat the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the global economic recovery remains surrounded by high uncertainty. During the first half of 2020, global economic output declined by an unprecedented l...

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spelling okr-10986-358492021-06-30T05:10:32Z Jordan Economic Monitor, Spring 2021 : Uncertain and Long Trail Ahead World Bank ECONOMIC GROWTH LABOR MARKET FISCAL TRENDS DEBT BALANCE OF PAYMENTS MONETARY POLICY ECONOMIC OUTLOOK CORONAVIRUS COVID-19 PANDEMIC IMPACT INEQUALITY CYCLICALITY WORKER REMITTANCES OIL PRICE Despite recent progress on vaccine developments to combat the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the global economic recovery remains surrounded by high uncertainty. During the first half of 2020, global economic output declined by an unprecedented level, resulting in a sharp fall in global trade. The latest estimates from the IMF WEO in April 2021 indicate that the global economy contracted by 3.3 percent in 2020. This contraction is substantially deeper than one observed during the Global Financial Crisis of 2007 - 08. However, recent trends are pointing toward a strong recovery for global economic activity in the second half of 2021 supported by substantial fiscal and monetary stimuli. Nevertheless, the extent of the protraction is closely linked to vaccine rollout, which is gaining critical mass in some developed economies, but remains uneven across the world. Indeed, the World Bank is projecting global economy to grow by 4 percent in 2021. Nevertheless, this global outlook retains an important country-specific component which depends on the adjustment capacity of each economy as well as the effectiveness of its policy to minimize permanent scarring to the economy as well as pace and scale of domestic vaccine rollout. 2021-06-29T14:09:33Z 2021-06-29T14:09:33Z 2021-06-23 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/831601624470221546/Jordan-Economic-Monitor-Spring-2021-Uncertain-and-Long-Trail-Ahead http://hdl.handle.net/10986/35849 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Economic Updates and Modeling Middle East and North Africa Jordan
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topic ECONOMIC GROWTH
LABOR MARKET
FISCAL TRENDS
DEBT
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
MONETARY POLICY
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
INEQUALITY
CYCLICALITY
WORKER REMITTANCES
OIL PRICE
spellingShingle ECONOMIC GROWTH
LABOR MARKET
FISCAL TRENDS
DEBT
BALANCE OF PAYMENTS
MONETARY POLICY
ECONOMIC OUTLOOK
CORONAVIRUS
COVID-19
PANDEMIC IMPACT
INEQUALITY
CYCLICALITY
WORKER REMITTANCES
OIL PRICE
World Bank
Jordan Economic Monitor, Spring 2021 : Uncertain and Long Trail Ahead
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description Despite recent progress on vaccine developments to combat the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, the global economic recovery remains surrounded by high uncertainty. During the first half of 2020, global economic output declined by an unprecedented level, resulting in a sharp fall in global trade. The latest estimates from the IMF WEO in April 2021 indicate that the global economy contracted by 3.3 percent in 2020. This contraction is substantially deeper than one observed during the Global Financial Crisis of 2007 - 08. However, recent trends are pointing toward a strong recovery for global economic activity in the second half of 2021 supported by substantial fiscal and monetary stimuli. Nevertheless, the extent of the protraction is closely linked to vaccine rollout, which is gaining critical mass in some developed economies, but remains uneven across the world. Indeed, the World Bank is projecting global economy to grow by 4 percent in 2021. Nevertheless, this global outlook retains an important country-specific component which depends on the adjustment capacity of each economy as well as the effectiveness of its policy to minimize permanent scarring to the economy as well as pace and scale of domestic vaccine rollout.
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title Jordan Economic Monitor, Spring 2021 : Uncertain and Long Trail Ahead
title_short Jordan Economic Monitor, Spring 2021 : Uncertain and Long Trail Ahead
title_full Jordan Economic Monitor, Spring 2021 : Uncertain and Long Trail Ahead
title_fullStr Jordan Economic Monitor, Spring 2021 : Uncertain and Long Trail Ahead
title_full_unstemmed Jordan Economic Monitor, Spring 2021 : Uncertain and Long Trail Ahead
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url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/831601624470221546/Jordan-Economic-Monitor-Spring-2021-Uncertain-and-Long-Trail-Ahead
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