Jan 12, 2022

What’s the outlook for the 2022 global economy?

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Also today: The Biden administration is set to offer millions of free COVID tests to schools around the country.

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Global economic growth likely to slow in 2022, World Bank says

by David Brancaccio and Rose Conlon

Jan 12, 2022

Inequalities between and within countries could widen in 2022, World Bank President David Malpass warns.

"Vaccines are critical because they reduce the hospitalization, because they allow economies to function," says David Malpass, president of the World Bank.

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