World Economic Outlook Database April 2007

World Economic Outlook

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The WEO database is created during the biannual World Economic Outlook (WEO) exercise.
The World Economic Outlook report presents IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and in many individual countries.
The WEO is released in April and September/October each year.
Selected series that are available in the WEO publication are made available through the database.

Use this database to find data on:
- national accounts,
- inflation,
- unemployment rates,
- balance of payments,
- fiscal indicators,
- trade for countries and country groups (aggregates),
- and commodity prices reported by the IMF.
Data are available from 1980 to the present, and projections are given for the next two years.
Additionally, medium-term projections are available for selected indicators.
For some countries, data are incomplete or unavailable for certain years.

Data notes at the country, subject, and series levels are now made available for the WEO online database. These notes can be viewed by either hovering the mouse over or clicking on the info icon.
Population projections are now included for all countries.
Data for Liberia are included.
Following the declaration of independence from Serbia by Montenegro:
- It has been determined that Serbia is the continuing state of the former state union of "Serbia and Montenegro" and that Montenegro has seceded as a new independent state.
Azerbaijan redenominated its currency by transforming 5,000 units of old manat (AZM) into one unit of new manat (AZN).
On January 1, 2007, Slovenia became the 13th country to join the euro area, and is now included in the advanced economy group.
On January 1, 2007, Bulgaria and Romania became members of the European Union, enlarging the group to a total of 27 countries.
Netherlands Antilles has been excluded from the World Economic Outlook database following the decision by its five constituent islands to abandon the federation and will cease to exist in July 2007.
The purchasing power parity (PPP) weights have been updated to reflect the most up-to-date PPP conversion factor provided by the World Bank.
All Zimbabwe data in terms of national currency have been redenominated by a rate of 1:1,000.