Global growth ended 2016 on a high, outlook quite good

We estimate that world GDP growth was unchanged in Q4 last year at around 3½% annualised. This is well below its pre-crisis average, but is fairly rapid by more recent standards. What’s more, we expect global growth to remain fairly strong in both 2017 and 2018.

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