Economics
Global Growth Hasn't Looked This Synchronized Since 2010
- From China to Germany, data are showing signs of a pickup
- G-20 economies could move in harmony for first time since 2010
An employee welds together a frame for a sports utility vehicle (SUV) during production at the General Motors Co. (GM) assembly plant in Arlington, Texas, U.S., on Thursday, March 10, 2016. The U.S. Census Bureau is scheduled to release business inventories figures on March 15.
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This year is shaping up to be the most synchronized for global growth since the immediate aftermath of the last recession, in a development that could ease the burden on the U.S. as the world’s economic engine.
From robust Chinese factory data to faster inflation in Germany, just about all major economies are running at a decent clip, if not accelerating.