Irish Examiner view: IMF forecast gives us some optimism

Just as even the hint of an oasis on the horizon can reinvigorate a half-lost, half-dead desert traveller, any plausible optimism offered today is a most precious currency. 

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday offered some hope when it said it expects America and China to experience a quicker economic recovery from the pandemic than Europe and other parts of the world.