Momentum in the global economy has peaked and risks ranging from higher inflation to trade disputes and debt appear likely to taint prospects for 2018, according to the tracking index compiled by the Brookings Institution think-tank and the Financial Times.
The latest update to the index shows that forces contributing to growth remain strong but have levelled off below last year’s peak, while financial markets suggest more challenging times ahead.
The findings follow a series of disappointing business surveys across the world and weak industrial data, which have reduced confidence among economists that 2018 would be the most successful year of the decade so far.
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