In The Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest global outlook video, Agathe Demarais, Cailin Birch and Fei Xue discuss our latest forecasts for Japan and the policy priorities of the Biden administration.

A rise in the consumption tax meant that Japan was already in a recession before the coronavirus pandemic started. As a result, we expect the country’s economic recovery to be one of the slowest in the world, and stretch until 2025. Fei Xue, The EIU’s analyst for Japan, takes a closer look at the country’s economic and political outlook under the stewardship of prime minister Suga Yoshihide.

Shifting to the US, president-elect Joe Biden is still putting together his policy team. From tackling Covid-19 to containing China’s global economic rise, The EIU’s global economist, Cailin Birch, discusses the key policy shifts to keep an eye on under the new administration.

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