Amid growing fears about the outlook for the global economy, it is worth highlighting where we and the consensus might be positively surprised. Possibilities include resilient US growth, a boost to consumer spending from falling oil prices and a pick-up in German and Chinese business sentiment due to easing trade tensions. But we think the balance of risks to even our downbeat forecasts still lies to the downside.
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