Opening Statement from the February 2018 CCPM Forecaster 

Opening Statement from the February 2018 CCPM Forecaster 

Originally published on February 4, 2018 

Global Recovery Finally Showing Progress

For the first time in the post-crisis period we are seeing economic growth concurrently in the US, UK, Japan, European Union and emerging markets. Economic momentum is particularly strong in Japan and the emerging markets, while improving in China, Brazil and Russia. Although current global growth is unimpressive by historical standards, economic and business momentum is trending up. Unified growth from the advanced economies, emerging markets and China indicates...