World Economic Outlook, October 2008: Financial Stress, Downturns, and Recoveries
World Economic Outlook, October 10, 2008
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Bibliographic details
- Published: October 10, 2008
- Series: World Economic Outlook
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589067585.081
Overview and purpose
- The World Economic Outlook (WEO) is an IMF flagship report presenting the IMF's leading economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium terms.
- Published at least twice yearly, the WEO offers analysis of prospects for growth, inflation, trade, and other economic developments in a clear, practical format.
- Each WEO considers issues affecting advanced and emerging economies and provides analytic chapters that put prospects for liquidity, inflation, and growth into context.
- The statistical appendix presents historical data as well as projections and selected series from the World Economic Outlook database updated for each report.
Focus of the October 2008 edition
- Examines commodity prices and inflation.
- Analyzes economic cycles in the aftermath of financial crises.
- Assesses the role of fiscal policy during downturns.
- Investigates current account imbalances in emerging economies.
Recent analytic chapter topics highlighted
- Climate change
- The housing cycle
- Commodity prices
- Capital inflows
- Globalization and inequality
- The global business cycle
Subjects and keywords (as listed)
- Subjects: Balance of payments, Commodity prices, Current account, Current account balance, Economic growth, Economic recession, Fiscal policy, Inflation, Prices
- Keywords: advanced economy, Asia and Pacific, Baltics, bank asset growth, bank assets, Central and Eastern Europe, Commodity prices, Current account, Current account balance, discretionary fiscal policy, Economic recession, economic structure, Europe, Global, headline inflation, Inflation, inflation pressure, Middle East, output gap, rising prices, stress episode, U.S. dollar, WEO, Western Europe