Economics

Charting the Global Economy: Surge in Savings to Power Recovery

A worker welds a structural steel beam.Photographer: George Frey/Bloomberg
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Consumers around the world are flush with cash after an all-out effort by governments to ease pandemic-related financial burdens, setting the stage for a robust economic recovery.

In the U.S., data this week showed firmer-than-expected job growth and robust manufacturing, as well as added price pressures that are also evident in other nations.