World Economic Outlook, April 2013: Hopes, Realities, Risks
World Economic Outlook, April 16, 2013
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Bibliographic details
- Published: April 16, 2013
- Series: World Economic Outlook
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781616355555.081
Overview
- Global economic prospects have improved again.
- The recovery is described as "bumpy" and a skewed macroeconomic policy mix in advanced economies is complicating policymaking in emerging market economies.
- Publication date: April 16, 2013.
Major analytical themes (chapters highlighted)
- Chapter 3: Prospects for inflation
- Inflation was "remarkably stable" in the wake of the Great Recession.
- Inflation has become less responsive to cyclical conditions.
- Chapter 4: Prospects for fast-growing, dynamic low-income countries
- Examines whether today’s fast-growing, dynamic low-income countries are likely to maintain their momentum and avoid the reversals that afflicted many such countries in the past.
Subject coverage and keywords
- Subjects: Balance of payments; Commodity prices; Consumer prices; Current account balance; Emerging and frontier financial markets; Financial markets; Inflation; Macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts; Prices; Public financial management (PFM).
- Keywords: advanced economy; Caribbean; Central America; Commodity prices; Consumer prices; Current account balance; dynamic LICS; Emerging and frontier financial markets; emerging market; Europe; fiscal cliff; Global; growth takeoff; Inflation; inflation expectation; Macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts; Middle East; net lending; North Africa; output gap; saving-investment gap; Sub-Saharan Africa; U.S. dollar; WEO.
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- Balance of payments
- Commodity prices
- Consumer prices
- Current account balance
- Emerging and frontier financial markets
- Financial markets
- Inflation
- Macroeconomic and fiscal forecasts
- Prices
- Public financial management (PFM)
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