OECD: Prospects brighter for global economy
The OECD upgrades forecasts for the UK and global economy, but says pandemic costs will weigh on countries. …
In a selection of developed economies, online sales in the last quarter of 2020 had increased from a year earlier by more than 20% in all, and by more than 60% in Britain and Canada. It was a very different story for total retail sales, so this was a sign of changing patterns of consumer behaviour.