Cheaper oil will not boost global growth, says Moody’s
Lower oil prices will fail to give a “significant boost” to global growth in the next two years, Moody’s has said.
The ratings agency said any boost from cheaper oil would be offset by the eurozone’s economic woes as well as slowdowns in China, Japan and Russia.
As a result, Moody’s said it would not be revising its growth forecasts for the G20 countries.
“For the G20 economies, we expect GDP growth of just under 3% each year in 2015 and 2016.”
This was unchanged from 2014 and from its previous forecast, Moody’s said.
Marie Diron, the author of the report, said: “Lower oil prices should, in principle, give a significant boost to global growth.
“However, a range of factors will offset the windfall income gains from cheaper energy.
“In the euro area, the fall in oil prices takes place in an unfavourable economic climate, with high unemployment, low or negative inflation and resurgent political uncertainty in some countries.”
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