Global growth will recover in the second half of 2020 as the trade war between Washington and Beijing eases and central banks' monetary policies come into effect says UBS Global Wealth Management.
"We see that the U.S. economy has actually slowed down and we see a relatively good chance that there may be a first phase deal and maybe the December tariffs get pushed out or actually even removed. That should be good enough for the economy to slowly recover," said Zuercher.
The next tariff deadline is Dec. 15 but it is still uncertain whether the two sides will pen an official agreement before that date. If the two sides cannot reach a deal by mid-December, then additional U.S. levies on Chinese exports will go into effect. Since the world's two largest economies started their trade war in early 2018, Asia has seen a downward trend, said Zuercher, but trade was not the only contributing factor to a global slowdown.
It was also during that time when central banks "started to remove some of the stimulus and started actively to shrink balance sheet globally," he said. As 2019 comes to an end, Zuercher said central banks around the world have moved back "to printing money, expanding their balance sheets and lowering interest rates," which will all have a positive influence on the world economy.
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