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Economists can’t agree on the post-pandemic economy’s shape

The traditional view of a K-shaped recovery is losing consensus, underscoring growing uncertainty about how growth is unfolding across sectors.

CNBC Markets reports that economists have long described the post-pandemic economy as K-shaped, but that broad agreement has broken down.

CNBC World and CNBC Economy make the same point: the once-common framework for understanding how different parts of the economy are performing no longer appears to fit comfortably.

With economists unable to settle on whether the economy is taking a K, C, or E-shaped path, the debate highlights widening uncertainty around the pattern of growth after the pandemic.

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