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  "title": "World Economic Outlook Database, October 2019",
  "publication": "World Economic Outlook",
  "sourceUrl": "https://www.imf.org/en/publications/weo/weo-database/2019/october",
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  "summary": "The WEO database is created during the biannual World Economic Outlook (WEO) exercise. Selected series that are available in the WEO publication are now available on this website.",
  "sections": [
    {
      "heading": "Purpose and scope of the database",
      "content": "- The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and in many individual countries.\n- Use the 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 whose data are reported by the IMF.\n- The WEO is released in April and September/October each year."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Data coverage and projection horizons",
      "content": "- Data are available from 1980 to the present.\n- Projections are given for the next two years.\n- Additionally, medium-term projections are available for selected indicators.\n- For some countries, data are incomplete or unavailable for certain years."
    },
    {
      "heading": "Formats and access",
      "content": "- The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is available in SDMX format from the Entire Dataset page.\n- For more information about SDMX, consult SDMX.org."
    },
    {
      "heading": "WEO Update, January 2020 — GDP data guidance",
      "content": "- For the latest GDP data, check the \"Projected % Change\" table in the left column of the individual country pages for the following countries:\n  - Brazil\n  - Canada\n  - China\n  - France\n  - Germany\n  - India\n  - Italy\n  - Japan\n  - Mexico\n  - Nigeria\n  - Russia\n  - Saudi Arabia\n  - South Africa\n  - Spain\n  - United Kingdom\n  - United States"
    },
    {
      "heading": "Changes implemented beginning with the October 2019 WEO",
      "content": "- Mauritania:\n  - Mauritania redenominated its currency in January 2018 by replacing 10 old Mauritanian ouguiya (MRO) with 1 new Mauritanian ouguiya (MRU).\n  - Local currency data for Mauritania are expressed in the new currency beginning with the October 2019 WEO database.\n- São Tomé and Príncipe:\n  - São Tomé and Príncipe redenominated its currency in January 2018 by replacing 1,000 old São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (STD) with 1 new São Tomé and Príncipe dobra (STN).\n  - Local currency data for São Tomé and Príncipe are expressed in the new currency beginning with the October 2019 WEO database.\n- Regional group restructuring:\n  - Beginning with the October 2019 WEO, the regional group Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) is discontinued.\n  - Four CIS economies—Belarus, Moldova, Russia, and Ukraine—are added to the regional group Emerging and Developing Europe.\n  - The remaining eight economies—Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan, which comprise the regional subgroup Caucasus and Central Asia (CCA)—are combined with Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan, and Pakistan (MENAP) to form the new regional group Middle East and Central Asia (MECA)."
    }
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    "The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and in many individual countries.",
    "Use the 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 whose data are reported by the IMF.",
    "The WEO is released in April and September/October each year.",
    "Data are available from 1980 to the present.",
    "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.",
    "The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is available in SDMX format from the Entire Dataset page.",
    "For more information about SDMX, consult SDMX.org.",
    "For the latest GDP data, check the \"Projected % Change\" table in the left column of the individual country pages for the following countries:",
    "Mauritania:",
    "São Tomé and Príncipe:",
    "Regional group restructuring:",
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