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The Eight Headwinds Threatening Global Growth in 2025
As geopolitical tensions spike and the global economy continues to fracture, several powerful forces and trends threaten to impede GDP growth, leading to social and political instability. Policymakers and investors will need to adjust to an era of heightened uncertainty and increasing fragmentation.
NEW YORK – As we enter the second quarter of the twenty-first century, slow economic growth will remain the world’s most persistent challenge, transcending national borders and affecting developed and developing countries alike.