, reserves, capital flows, and external balance sheets of the world's largest economies. The 2018 edition includes an analytical …

-thirds of the cumulative current account surpluses of all the world’s surplus countries. Summers thinks that such a unique …

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 …

increase in protectionist pressures, and the disappointing performance of world trade, renewed concern has been expressed about …

set up by treaty in 1945 to help promote the health of the world economy. Through its work, the IMF helps to keep the … world economy running as smoothly as possible. Its work is aimed partly at the prevention of economic and financial crises … countries' economic size, determine countries' voting power in the IMF and the limits to what they can borrow. The IMF and World …

can be conveyed by the degree that world trade is affected by countries adopting different arrangements …