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Risks and opportunities 2021: Global economy

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Economic and health policies are key to the West and many developing nations emerging swiftly from double-dip recession

A China crisis is bigger systemic threat than markets

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China’s influence on the global real economy is a bigger risk than events in fragile Italy, Turkey and Argentina

Geoeconomic fragmentation will reduce long-term growth

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Several studies estimate the global cost of geoeconomic confrontation, which is newly in the top three WEF global risks

Demography could time-limit China's ascendancy

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Sizeable economic and population shifts will occur among the largest economies in coming decades

Pandemic will accelerate the rise of digital payments

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Digitalisation of the global economy has increased the use of cashless payments worldwide

This downturn will be more job-rich than past slumps

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Employment recovered far faster from the pandemic global recession than past crises, and remains historically strong

Population trends pose development challenges

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Just 2% of global population gain in 2016-40 will be in advanced countries; 56% will be in Africa and the Middle East

Economic risks overshadowed, not extinguished

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Environmental risks dominate the World Economic Forum's global survey ahead of its January 23-26 Davos meeting

Global house prices have firm but fragile momentum

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Advanced markets’ average real house prices are almost back to the pre-2008/09 crisis peak; emerging markets’ are ahead

Global debts will be costlier to pay off in 2017-18

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The IMF Financial Stability Report urges policymakers to tackle debts that stand at a record high 225% of world GDP