World Economic Outlook, October 2019: Global Manufacturing Downturn, Rising Trade Barriers

World Economic Outlook, October 15, 2019

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• Published: October 15, 2019
• Series: World Economic Outlook
• Volume: 2019
• Issue: 002
• Pages: 208
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513508214.081

Headline projection

• Global growth is forecast at 3.0 percent for 2019, its lowest level since 2008–09 and a 0.3 percentage point downgrade from the April 2019 World Economic Outlook.

Publication snapshot

• Publication date: October 15, 2019
• Pages: 208
• Volume: 2019
• Issue: 002
• Series: World Economic Outlook No. 2019/002
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781513508214.081
• Stock No: WEOEA2019002
• ISBN: 9781513508214
• ISSN: 0256-6877

Subject coverage and keywords

• Subject: Commodity prices, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Financial markets, Inflation, Labor, Labor markets, Labor productivity, National accounts, Prices, Production, Tariffs, Taxes
• Keywords: advanced economy, AE country level, core inflation, East Africa, economy, Emerging and frontier financial markets, emerging market, federal funds rate, federal state, firm productivity, fiscal policy, Global, governance index, Inflation, labor market adjustment, Labor markets, Labor productivity, Middle East, Middle East and Central Asia, monetary policy, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Tariffs, WEO

Notable context

• The title emphasizes a global manufacturing downturn and rising trade barriers as central themes associated with the October 2019 World Economic Outlook.

International Monetary Fund. World Economic Outlook, October 2019: Global Manufacturing Downturn, Rising Trade Barriers.

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