IMF World Economic Outlook
IMF Podcasts, October 4, 2016
Source details
- Canonical URL
- IMF World Economic Outlook
Other formats
Bibliographic details
- Published: October 4, 2016
Podcast overview
- Publication: IMF World Economic Outlook
- Date: October 4, 2016
- Format: Podcast episode
- Featured speaker: Maurice Obstfeld, IMF Chief Economic Counselor
- Producer / Behind the mic: Bruce Edwards, International Monetary Fund; Rhoda Metcalfe, independent journalist and audio producer
- Distribution platforms listed: Libsyn; Spotify; YouTube; Soundcloud; Apple
Key findings and projections from the World Economic Outlook
- The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook projects global growth at 3.1 percent in 2016.
- The IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook projects global growth at 3.4 percent in 2017.
- Maurice Obstfeld states that growth "has been too slow for too long."
Thematic emphasis and framing
- Slow global growth: the episode emphasizes prolonged weak growth conditions.
- Role of economists: the producer, Bruce Edwards, frames economists as having an important role in solving the world's problems and aims to showcase IMF research through the podcast.