Don’t be fooled – everything has changed for the global economy: Gita Gopinath
Damage caused by US tariffs has so far been muted but that won’t last
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THE year 2025 was when everything changed – yet, somehow, nothing did. The US raised tariffs to their highest level in almost a century, China retaliated and global policy uncertainty intensified.
And still, global growth is projected at 3.2 per cent, exactly what forecasters expected a year earlier when none of this turbulence was on the horizon. It would be a mistake, however, to think the global economy is unaffected by tariff fights and policy chaos.
We have seen this movie before. When the Brexit referendum passed, despite the sharp increase in uncertainty, the economic impact was initially minimal.
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