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Fitch Ratings' Cautious Optimism For 2024

Brian Coulton, Chief Economist, Fitch Ratings

08-Apr-24 08:00

Fitch Ratings' Cautious Optimism For 2024

Fitch Ratings' latest Global Economic Outlook projects this year's GDP growth to come in at 2.4%, which is a 0.3 percentage point improvement from an earlier forecast, and follows a 2.9% growth for 2023. Brian Coulton, the chief economist at Fitch, talks us through how today's current challenges and upcoming events might impact the world's economies continued post-pandemic recovery.

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Produced by: Moh Heng Ying

Presented by: Keith Kam


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