Compared with the December 2017 exercise, growth has been revised up for 2018 and remains unchanged for 2019 and 2020. The strong performance of the real side of the economy is also visible in the labour market, 1/6  BIS central bankers' speeches  which continues on a recovery path.
With employment rising by almost 7.5 million since the trough in mid-20133, all of the job losses recorded during the crisis have now been recovered. The unemployment rate is the lowest since December 2008, despite a 2% increase in the labour force in that time.