World Economic Outlook
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.
See also, the World Economic Databases
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2013
IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update -- Growing Pains, July 2013
July 9, 2013
Description: Global growth is projected to remain subdued at slightly above 3 percent in 2013, the same as in 2012. This is less than forecast in the April 2013 World Economic Outlook (WEO), driven to a large extent by appreciably weaker domestic demand and slower growth in several key emerging market economies, as well as a more protracted recession in the euro area. Downside risks to global growth prospects still dominate: while old risks remain, new risks have emerged, including the possibility of a longer growth slowdown in emerging market economies, especially given risks of lower potential growth, slowing credit, and possibly tighter financial conditions if the anticipated unwinding of monetary policy stimulus in the United States leads to sustained capital flow reversals.
IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) - Hopes, Realities, and Risks, April 2013 -- Table of Contents
April 16, 2013
Description: IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), April 2013 -- table of Contents
IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update -- Gradual Upturn in Global Growth During 2013, January 2013
January 23, 2013
Description: Global growth is projected to increase during 2013, as the factors underlying soft global activity are expected to subside. However, this upturn is projected to be more gradual than in the October 2012 World Economic Outlook (WEO) projections. Policy actions have lowered acute crisis risks in the euro area and the United States. But in the euro area, the return to recovery after a protracted contraction is delayed.
2012
IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) - Coping with High Debt and Sluggish Growth, October 2012 -- Table of Contents
October 9, 2012
Description: IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), October 2012 -- table of Contents
IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update -- New Setbacks, Further Policy Action Needed, July 2012
July 16, 2012
Description: n the past three months, the global recovery, which was not strong to start with, has shown signs of further weakness. Financial market and sovereign stress in the euro area periphery have ratcheted up, close to end-2011 levels. Growth in a number of major emerging market economies has been lower than forecast. Partly because of a somewhat better-than-expected first quarter, the revised baseline projections in this WEO Update suggest that these developments will only result in a minor setback to the global outlook, with global growth at 3.5 percent in 2012 and 3.9 percent in 2013, marginally lower than in the April 2012 World Economic Outlook.
IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) - Growth Resuming, Dangers Remain, April 2012
April 17, 2012
Description: IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), April 2012
IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update -- Global Recovery Stalls, Downside Risks Intensify, January 2012
January 24, 2012
2011
IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) - Slowing Growth, Rising Risks, September 2011 -- Table of Contents
September 21, 2011
Description: IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), September 2011 -- table of Contents
IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) Update -- Mild Slowdown of the Global Expansion, and Increasing Risks, June 2011
June 17, 2011
Description: Activity is slowing down temporarily, and downside risks have increased again. The global expansion remains unbalanced. Growth in many advanced economies is still weak, considering the depth of the recession. In addition, the mild slowdown observed in the second quarter of 2011 is not reassuring.
IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO) - Tensions from the Two-Speed Recovery: Unemployment, Commodities, and Capital Flows, April 2011
April 11, 2011
Description: IMF World Economic Outlook (WEO), April 2011, Tensions from the Two-Speed Recovery: Unemployment, Commodities, and Capital Flows