Financial turbulence clouds world growth prospects

Welcome to the January issue of the World Economic Outlook Update brought to you by the IMF's Research Department. Following strong growth through the third quarter of 2007, the global economic expansion has begun to moderate in response to continuing financial turbulence... read more ... webcast of press briefing

Global Growth Estimates Trimmed After PPP Revisions

Based on new statistical calculations of purchasing power parity (PPP) exchange rates published last month by the International Comparison Program (ICP), the IMF has revised downward its estimates for global growth by around ½ percentage point each year during 2002-07... read more

A New Way to Visualize IMF Data

The IMF Data Mapper®, a new interactive data visualization tool, is now available from the IMF Internet home page. Users can select and compare data across countries, regions, and groups, using the world map or a pull-down menu. The Data Mapper displays the selected data in chart form and the map and charts are interactive. For example, changing the time period by sliding along the time axis on a line chart causes the annual data displayed on the map and the map colors to change. The data can also be printed or exported to other applications in the form of chart or map images.

The (Food) Price of Success

Australian wheat, Chinese pork, U.S. corn. What do these three specific goods have to do with macroeconomics? Unfortunately, right now, a great deal, and in ways that are globally interconnected …read more

World Economic Outlook database

The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database, released in the spring and fall each year, contains selected macroeconomic data series from the Statistical Appendix of the World Economic Outlook report. Use this database to find information on national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade for countries and country groups (aggregates), and commodity prices. The data are reported by the IMF …read more

World Economic and Financial Surveys Series (WEFS)

This series contains periodic studies covering monetary and financial issues of importance to the world economy. The core elements in the series are the semiannual World Economic Outlook report, the Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR), and the Regional Economic Outlook reports. The IMF has developed special pricing for subscribers who wish to receive the series, or elements within the series. For more information on the individual series, please see our latest publications newsletter.