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Although still beset with many problems, the world economy took a decided turn for the better in 1983 …
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This paper examines the World Economic Outlook forecasting record for the principal performance indicators for the … developments in policy variables and oil prices. In judging the forecast performance of the World Economic Outlook, a number of … points must be kept in mind. Most important, it has to be recognized that the period since the inception of the World …
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This paper discusses commodity prices might serve as a useful leading indicator of inflation, based on the relative importance of flexible auction markets for the determination of these prices. They thus may have a tendency to respond relatively quickly, especially in response to monetary...
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This paper describes the functioning of labor markets and to eliminate other structural obstacles to noninflationary growth. The decline in the price level in the home country will involve a rise in the real money supply and, if output is sluggish, this will result in an excess supply of money....
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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 …
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Recent indicators suggest that activity in the world economy is strengthening more rapidly than projected by the staff …
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The global economy enters 2022 in a weaker position than previously expected. The COVID-19 Omicron variant has prompted new mobility restrictions, energy price increases and supply disruptions have spurred inflation more than anticipated, and the ongoing retrenchment of China's real estate...
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The IMF's 2012 Annual Report chronicles the response of the Fund's Executive Board and staff to the global financial crisis and other events during financial year 2012, which covers the period from May 1, 2011, through April 30, 2012. The print version of the Report is available in eight...
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developing world. In keeping with developments in global markets, these flows have increasingly been in the form of purchases of …
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This paper provides an analysis of the market developments in 1988 with respect to primary commodities and the outlook for these commodities in the near and medium term. Attention is focused on the major nonfuel primary commodities traded in international markets. Movements in the overall price...
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