Market Review Video - May 2021

Wednesday 09 June 2021

Market News

Monica Defend, Amundi's Global Head of Research, gives her analysis of markets in these exceptional times.

Despite a very uneven recovery on a global scale, economic growth is continuing to such an extent that it is now possible for us to anticipate global growth of 6.5% for the whole of 2021.

In addition, the approval of the European recovery plan is good news for the euro zone The gradual lifting of sanitary restrictions is changing the economic paradigm that prevailed during the crisis, causing us to keep our eyes on inflation.

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Monica Defend, Amundi's Global Head of Research, gives her analysis of markets in these exceptional times.

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