On February 15, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) announced data showing that the UK economy was officially in recession after negative growth for 2 consecutive quarters in the second half of 2.
Data released by Eurostat - the statistical agency of the European Union (EU) on January 30 shows that the Eurozone economy has avoided a technical recession in the second half of 1. , but leveled off in the last 2023 months of the year.
Experts say the Canadian economy is headed for an early recession. This will support the Bank of Canada (BoC) in its efforts to bring inflation back to its target level of 2%.
Recently, economists from Goldman Sachs bank predicted that the US Federal Reserve (Fed) may begin lowering interest rates next March and carry out a total of 3 interest rate cuts in 5. .
The preliminary statistical report of the German Federal Statistics Agency (Destatis) said that in 2023, the economy will fall into a slight recession.
Factories in the Eurozone have just experienced a gloomy year, when manufacturing activity declined for the 18th consecutive month - recorded in December 12.
2023 is a particularly difficult year due to the impact of the economic recession, in which the technology equipment retail industry is one of the industries most affected.
German Finance Minister Christian Lindner on December 16 announced a plan to reform the country's public debt regulations to boost public spending during the economic downturn, while also criticizing price increases. planned for farmers and airlines.
A string of positive economic data has raised hopes that the Fed will soon achieve its "soft landing" target - reducing inflation and not pushing the world's largest economy into a severe recession.
On November 29, the US Department of Commerce released a report showing that the world's largest economy grew higher than forecast in the third quarter of 11, due to higher investment and government spending than initially expected.
Assessing the reasons why China's economic scale in the global economic proportion has declined, some economic experts believe that most of it comes from the internal factors of this powerhouse itself.
Chief economist Cyrus de la Rubia of Hamburg Commercial Bank commented that the Eurozone economy is stuck in difficulties. Additionally, the latest figures show that GDP is likely to decline for the second consecutive quarter.