Q1 2021 Quarterly Update: Country & Sector Risk Barometer More than a year after the start of the pandemic, global economic trends are uneven due to lingering uncertainties around the spread of COVID-19. Nevertheless, Coface's #global #growth #forecast has been revised upwards by half a point (+5.1% for 2021), thanks to stronger than expected growth in the #UnitedStates. In this more favourable macroeconomic outlook, Coface is upgrading 35 sectors of activity against only 3 downgrades; In #Asia, risks in the #ICT #sectors in #China and #SouthKorea are lower than in the previous quarter... |