The global upswing in economic activity is strengthening. Global growth, which in 2016 was the weakest since the global financial crisis at 3.2 percent, is projected to rise to 3.6 percent in 2017 and to 3.7 percent in 2018. The growth forecasts for both 2017 and 2018 are 0.1 percentage point...

The Q&A in this issue features seven questions about emerging markets and the financial crisis (by Ayhan Kose); the research summaries are ""Tax Revenue Response to the Business Cycle"" (by Cemile Sancak, Ricardo Velloso, and Jing Xing) and ""Banking Crisis Resolution: Was this Time Different?""...

The September 2011 issue of the IMF's quarterly ""Research Bulletin"" features a Q&A discussion about economic recovery in countries emerging after war or other open. The research summaries in this issue include: ""Revisiting Capital Controls""; and ""Capital Flows and Financial Stability:...