economy; consider issues affecting industrial countries, and economics in transition to market; and address topics of pressing …

The April 2012 issue of the World Economic Outlook assesses the prospects for the global economy, which has gradually …

The September 2011 edition of the World Economic Outlook assesses the prospects for the global economy, which is now in … economy this year, including the devastating Japanese earthquake and tsunami, unrest in some oil-producing countries, and the … major financial turbulence in the euro area. Two of the forces now shaping the global economy are high and rising commodity …

challenges of an integrated global economy …

regulatory tightening to rein in shadow banking and an increase in trade tensions with the United States. The euro area economy … lost more momentum than expected as consumer and business confidence weakened and car production in Germany was disrupted … increasingly took a toll on business confidence and, so, financial market sentiment worsened, with financial conditions tightening …