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MNI BRIEF: Global Recovery On Track, No Inflation Worry: OECD

LONDON (MNI)

Higher headline inflation in recent months reflects recovering oil and commodity costs and a surge in shipping costs, but should normalise as restraints are eased and one-off factors such as tax changes work through, the OECD said in its latest Economic Outlook report published Monday.

Playing down inflation concerns, the Paris-based organisation said despite higher input cost pressures in recent months, sizeable global spare capacity "should prevent a significant and sustained pick-up in underlying inflation."

Economies continue to recover from the pandemic, albeit in an uneven fashion with the OECD now forecasting global growth at almost 6% in 2021 after the 3.5% contraction seen in 2020, with many countries seen back at pre-pandemic levels by the end-2022. Helped by swift policy action, the recovery should miss some of the feared scarring, the OECD said.

Source: OECD

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