Higher oil price adds to headwinds for world economy

While we still think that this year’s rise in oil prices will soon go into reverse, we have bumped up our end-year forecast. The now smaller drop in oil prices we’re expecting doesn’t change the picture much at the global level, but at the margin it is another reason to think that global growth will remain subdued.

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