World Economic Outlook

World Economic Outlook, September 2002: Trade and Finance

May 2, 2002

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International Monetary Fund. Research Dept. World Economic Outlook, September 2002: Trade and Finance, (USA: International Monetary Fund, 2002) accessed 12/23/2025, https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589061798.081

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Summary

The World Economic Outlook, published twice a year in English, French, Spanish, and Arabic, presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term. Chapters give an overview of the world economy; consider issues affecting industrial countries, and economics in transition to market; and address topics of pressing current interest. Annexes, boxes, charts, and an extensive statistical appendix augment the text.

Subject: Balance of payments, Current account, Economic integration, Emerging and frontier financial markets, Financial integration, Financial markets, International trade, Trade balance, Trade integration

Keywords: Africa, Current account, deficit country, East Asia, Emerging and frontier financial markets, emerging market, exchange rate, Financial integration, foreign direct investment, Global, North-South trade, return on assets, South Asia, Trade balance, trade effect, Trade integration, trade openness, U.S. dollar, WEO, Western Hemisphere