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BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 30 APR 2012
... Speaking of which, Europeans seemed to be moving towards the prescriptions contained in its latest World Economic Outlook report. These are: less emphasis on short-term fiscal austerity and more on longer-term structural measures to reduce deficits ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... country or region. It is about saving the world from a downward economic spiral." In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the IMF lowered its global growth projection to 3.3% this year (down from 4% forecast last September) and 3.9% in 2013 (down ...

Danger, Will Robinson!

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 23 APR 2009
... Robinson! Danger, Danger! No. I am not talking about the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) new World Economic Outlook report detailing how its forecasters changed their mind (again!) and now think that global growth would contract by 1.3 per cent this ...

Forecasting foibles

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 APR 2009
... predicted to continue forever and a bust would continue towards the depths of hell. Here's proof. In its World Economic Outlook report dated 29 January 2008, the IMF printed, 'global growth is projected at 4.1 percent in 2008, down from 4.9 percent in ...

Worst of the worst

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 30 JAN 2009
... suffering a worse hangover than the US? Clue: Its name also starts with the word United. In its latest World Economic Outlook report, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicted that global growth would slow to only 0.5 per cent in 2009 after advancing ...
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