The last Venice Biennale was inauspiciously titled ‘May You Live in Interesting Times’. The expression evoked the idea of challenging or even ‘menacing’ times. By the time the Biennale ended in November 2019, a pandemic was almost upon us.
We are still in the grips of this pandemic more than two years later. Consumers and businesses have had to adapt. Economists have also had to adapt because forecasting has become more uncertain than any time in our lives. And indeed, events over recent months warrant an update to our forecasts. We layout our updated views for 2022 in this week’s economic commentary.
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