Four reasons why 2018 will be the best post-crisis year

摘要

We head into 2018 in a fairly optimistic mood. The current upswing is more broadly based than any other since the global financial crisis, and - unusually by recent standards - we have entered the new year without any major crisis looming. We see world GDP growth accelerating from 3.0% last year to 3.2% in 2018, which would be the best year for the global economy since the post-global financial crisis rebound.