Five economic flashpoints to beware in 2022
by Larry Elliott from on (#5TE5P)
From a new Covid variant to rampant inflation, the global economy faces some daunting risks in the new year
After the turmoil of the past two years, the consensus among economic pundits is that 2022 will be calmer. But in late 2019, when the first reports of a new coronavirus started to filter out from Wuhan in China, few imagined within months that the world economy would be flattened by a pandemic. So what are the big risks for the coming year?
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