World Economic Outlook, April 2005: Globalization and External Balances

World Economic Outlook, September 28, 2004

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Bibliographic details

• Published: September 28, 2004
• Series: World Economic Outlook
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.5089/9781589064294.081

Overview

• Publication frequency: published twice a year.
• Languages available: English, French, Spanish, and Arabic.
• Purpose: presents IMF staff economists' analyses of global economic developments during the near and medium term.
• Content structure: chapters provide an overview 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.
• Page on site publication date shown: September 28, 2004.

Major themes and topics covered (as listed)

• Balance of payments
• Commodities
• Emerging and frontier financial markets
• Exports
• Financial markets
• Globalization
• International trade
• National accounts
• Oil
• Oil consumption
• Oil prices
• Prices
• Remittances

Keywords and geographic/economic focus (verbatim)

• advanced economy
• Asia and Pacific
• balance of payments
• Caribbean
• Central and Eastern Europe
• current account
• drive remittance system
• Emerging and frontier financial markets
• emerging market
• Exports
• GDP ratio
• Global
• headline inflation
• IMF staff calculation
• inflation risk
• market
• Middle East
• net debtor countries
• Oil
• Oil consumption
• Oil prices
• price volatility
• remittance inflow
• remittance-service providers
• Remittances
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• trade balance
• WEO

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• Balance of payments
• Commodities
• Emerging and frontier financial markets
• Exports
• Financial markets
• Globalization
• International trade
• National accounts
• Oil
• Oil consumption
• Oil prices
• Prices
• Remittances
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