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  "title": "IMF Revises Up Its Global Economic Forecast",
  "publication": "IMF Blog, January 26, 2010",
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  "summary": "The IMF has revised upwards its forecast for growth in the global economy, saying it is recovering faster than previously expected.",
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      "heading": "Forecast revision",
      "content": "- The IMF has revised upwards its forecast for growth in the global economy, saying it is recovering faster than previously expected.\n- World growth forecast:\n  - 3.9 percent for this year.\n  - 4.3 percent in 2011.\n- The IMF said it had revised upwards its earlier forecast for global growth by ¾ percentage point from the October 2009 forecast.\n- Along with the update to its forecast, the IMF released a new assessment of global financial conditions in its Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR)."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Regional divergences and speed of recovery",
      "content": "- Recovery is proceeding at different speeds around the world:\n  - Emerging markets, led by Asia, are relatively vigorous.\n  - Advanced economies remain sluggish and still dependent on government stimulus measures."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Policy dependence and risks",
      "content": "- IMF Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard: the recovery right now is still very much based on stimulative policies by government.\n- IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned that countries risk a return to recession if anti-crisis measures are withdrawn too soon."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Financial markets and conditions",
      "content": "- The IMF said financial markets have rebounded since the lows of last March, the result of improving economic conditions and wide-ranging policy actions by governments.\n- Jose Viñals, Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department: \"Notwithstanding the recent sell-off, risk appetite has returned, equity markets have improved, and capital markets have reopened.\""
    },
    {
      "heading": "Key statistics",
      "content": "- World growth forecasts: 3.9 percent (this year); 4.3 percent (2011).\n- Revision magnitude: ¾ percentage point upward from the October 2009 forecast.\n- Publication date of update to the World Economic Outlook: January 26, 2010.\n\nIMF Revises Up Its Global Economic Forecast — Dominique Strauss-Kahn, January 26, 2010\n\n---\n\n\n References\n\n- World Economic Outlook\n- Dominique Strauss-Kahn has warned\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2010/01/26/imf-global-economic-forecast"
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    "Authors: Dominique Strauss-Kahn",
    "Published: January 26, 2010",
    "The IMF has revised upwards its forecast for growth in the global economy, saying it is recovering faster than previously expected.",
    "World growth forecast:",
    "The IMF said it had revised upwards its earlier forecast for global growth by ¾ percentage point from the October 2009 forecast.",
    "Along with the update to its forecast, the IMF released a new assessment of global financial conditions in its Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR).",
    "Recovery is proceeding at different speeds around the world:",
    "IMF Chief Economist Olivier Blanchard: the recovery right now is still very much based on stimulative policies by government.",
    "IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn warned that countries risk a return to recession if anti-crisis measures are withdrawn too soon.",
    "The IMF said financial markets have rebounded since the lows of last March, the result of improving economic conditions and wide-ranging policy actions by governments.",
    "Jose Viñals, Director of the IMF’s Monetary and Capital Markets Department: \"Notwithstanding the recent sell-off, risk appetite has returned, equity markets have improved, and capital markets have reopened.\"",
    "World growth forecasts: 3.9 percent (this year); 4.3 percent (2011).",
    "Revision magnitude: ¾ percentage point upward from the October 2009 forecast.",
    "Publication date of update to the World Economic Outlook: January 26, 2010.",
    "[World Economic Outlook](http://www.imf.org/external/ns/cs.aspx?id=29)",
    "[Dominique Strauss-Kahn has warned](http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/survey/so/2010/NEW011810A.htm)"
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