Why the post-pandemic economy is humbling forecasters - Financial Post

Episode 126 of Down to Business podcast

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Gabriel Friedman

Trucks are backed up waiting to transport cargo containers at the Port of Baltimore. Closed factories, clogged ports, no truck drivers — up and down the global supply chain there are problems, raising concerns that it could disrupt the global economic recovery. Photo by Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images

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We may never reach the stage where we don’t have to wear masks on airplanes, but we may start flying just as much as we did prior to the pandemic.

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This week on Down to Business, Beata Caranici, chief economist of TD Bank, discussed the economic recovery and the normalization of social distancing, masks and other behavior.

For many economists, the recovery is going far better than expected, although Caranci made clear that there’s lot of uncertainty on the horizon.

She talked about supply chain disruptions, including whether they’re transitory or related to longer-term structural changes, labour shortages, wages and a lot more.

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