Economics
Double-Dip Recession Beckons in Europe as Lockdowns Drag On
- Economists are abandoning projections for first-quarter growth
- Stricter lockdowns and a slow vaccine rollout have hit hard
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The euro-area economy is poised to shrink again at the start of this year as the resurgent pandemic plunges the region into a double-dip recession.
Analysts at banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS Group AG are downgrading forecasts to account for renewed lockdowns -- in some places tougher than ever -- and the prospect that the new coronavirus variant ravaging the U.K. will do the same on the continent.