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A Survey by the IMF staff usually published twice a year. It presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Chapters give an overview as well as more detailed analysis of the world economy; consider issues affecting industrial countries, developing countries, and economies in transition to market; and address topics of pressing current interest. Annexes, boxes, charts, and an extensive statistical appendix augment the text.
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July 05, 2009


1.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) - Crisis and Recovery, April 2009 Description: The semiannual World Economic Outlook reviews global macroeconomic developments, forecasts growth, and cites risks. Table of contents... Date: April 16, 2009
2.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update -- Global Economic Slump ... Description: World growth is projected to fall to ½ percent in 2009, its lowest rate since World War II. Despite wide-ranging policy actions, financial strains remain acute, pulling down the real economy. Date: January 28, 2009
3.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update -- Rapidly Weakening ... Description: Prospects for global growth have deteriorated over the past month, as financial sector deleveraging has continued and producer and consumer confidence have fallen. Accordingly, world output is projected to expand by 2.2 percent in 2009, down by some ¾ percentage point of GDP relative to the projections in t... Date: November 06, 2008
4.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) - Financial Stress, Downturns ... Description: The semiannual World Economic Outlook reviews global macroeconomic developments, forecasts growth, and cites risks. Table of contents... Date: October 02, 2008
5.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update -- Global slowdown and ... Description: The global economy is in a tough spot, caught between sharply slowing demand in many advanced economies and rising inflation everywhere, notably in emerging and developing economies... Date: July 15, 2008
6.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) - Housing and the Business Cycle ... Description: The semiannual World Economic Outlook reviews global macroeconomic developments, forecasts growth, and cites risks. Table of contents... Date: April 03, 2008
7.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update -- An update of the key ... Description: Following strong growth through the third quarter of 2007, the global economic expansion has begun to moderate in response to continuing financial turbulence. Global growth is projected to decelerate from 4.9 percent in 2007 to 4.1 percent in 2008, a markdown of 0.3 percentage point relative to the October 2... Date: January 29, 2008
8.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- Globalization and Inequality ... Description: The semiannual World Economic Outlook reviews global macroeconomic developments, forecasts growth, and cites risks. Table of contents... Date: October 09, 2007
9.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update -- An update of the key ... Description: The strong global expansion is continuing, and projections for global growth in both 2007 and 2008 have been revised up to 5.2 percent from 4.9 percent at the time of the April 2007 World Economic Outlook (WEO). Risks to this favorable outlook remain modestly tilted to the downside. Table 1 provides an overv... Date: July 25, 2007
10.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- Spillovers and Cycles in the ... Description: The semiannual World Economic Outlook reviews global macroeconomic developments, forecasts growth, and cites risks. Table of contents... Date: April 11, 2007
11.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- Financial Systems and Economic ... Description: World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format. While the central focus of World Economic Outlook is a comprehensive review of recent global developments, forecasts and risks, and current policy recommendations, it also contains analytical chapters providing an in-de... Date: September 14, 2006
12.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- Globalization and Inflation ... Description: April 2006 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: April 13, 2006
13.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- Building Institutions ... Description: September 2005 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: September 14, 2005
14.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) -- April 2005 Description: The April 2005 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: April 07, 2005
15.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO)-- September 2004 Description: The September 2004 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: September 29, 2004
16.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO)-- April 2004 Description: The April 2004 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: April 14, 2004
17.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO)-- September 2003 Description: The September 2003 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: September 13, 2003
18.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO)-- April 2003 Description: The April 2003 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: April 09, 2003
19.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO)-- September 2002 Description: The September 2002 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: September 25, 2002
20.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), April 2002--Contents Description: The April 2002 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: April 18, 2002
21.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), The Global Economy After ... Description: The December 2001 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: December 18, 2001
22.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), The Information Technology ... Description: The October 2001 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: September 26, 2001
23.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), Fiscal Policy and Macroeconomic ... Description: The May 2001 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: April 26, 2001
24.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), Focus on Transition Economies ... Description: The October 2000 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: September 19, 2000
25.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), Asset Prices and the Business ... Description: The May 2000 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: May 12, 2000
26.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), Safeguarding Macroeconomic ... Description: The October 1999 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: September 22, 1999
27.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), International Financial ... Description: The May 1999 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: May 01, 1999
28.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), Financial Turbulence and the ... Description: The October 1998 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: October 01, 1998
29.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), Financial Crises: Causes and ... Description: The May 1998 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: May 01, 1998
30.	IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), May 1993 -- Contents Description: The May 1993 World Economic Outlook (WEO) Table of Contents with links to the full text in PDF format... Date: June 15, 1993