Economics

Headwinds Mount for World Economy Into Final Stretch of 2021

  • Energy costs are surging and delta continues to spread
  • China’s energy shock now expected to hammer its recovery
Photographer: Chris Ratcliffe/Bloomberg
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The global economy is entering the final quarter of 2021 with a mounting number of headwinds threatening to slow the recovery from the pandemic recession and prove policy makers’ benign views on inflation wrong.