These guidelines are designed to assist policymakers in considering reforms to strengthen the quality of their public debt management practices, and reduce their country’s vulnerability to international financial shocks. The…

Clearly, great macroeconomic challenges lie ahead. The World Economic Outlook provides readers with key insights into how to view unprecedented global imbalances, respond to capital account crises caused by abrupt…

Assesses the prospects for the global economy, which has gradually strengthened after a major setback during 2011. The threat of a sharp global slowdown eased with improved activity in the…

Global growth is projected to slow to 3.1% in 2016 before recovering to 3.4% in 2017. The forecast, revised down by 0.1% for 2016 and 2017 relative to April, reflects…

Demonstrates that the global upswing in economic activity is strengthening, and that global growth, which in 2016 was the weakest since the global financial crisis at 3.2 percent, is projected…

Presents the IMF staff’s analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups (classified by region and stage of development), and in many individual countries…

Global growth is forecast at 3.0 percent for 2019, its lowest level since 2008-09 and a 0.3 percentage point downgrade from the April 2019 World Economic Outlook.

Germany has been a central player in discussions on the future architecture of Europe, and has been called on to play a larger role in supporting global and, especially, European…