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By Vidhi Choudhary European Union might be at higher risk of an economic fallout caused by the spread of omicron. The pace of the global economic recovery dropped below 1% in the quarter ending in December, a sharp 50% decline from the previous quarter, as the fast-spreading omicron variant arrived, according to a news report by Bloomberg. The world economy grew 0.7% in the October to December quarter, with the U.S. economy expanding marginally faster at 1.2% as 2021 draws to a close. Arch rival China’s economy grew 4.5% this quarter, but slower than the 4.9% forecast earlier. In the new world…