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Chief economist update: The good news and the good news

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 19 JAN 2018
... correct, that'll be the peak. The IMF forecast Chinese GDP growth to slow to 6.5% this year (October 2017 World Economic Outlook report). The more up-to-date growth projections from the World Bank (released earlier this month) see GDP slowing to 6.4% ...

Enter the dragon

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 OCT 2017
... International Monetary Fund (IMF) which lifted China's 2017 GDP growth projection to 6.8% in its October World Economic Outlook report - up from 6.6% it forecast in April this year - before easing to 6.5% next year. The roadmap provided in the 19th National ...

Japanese sun rises

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 17 OCT 2017
... help underpin Japanese exports. The improved outlook on the Japanese economy and company earnings. In its World Economic Outlook report for October, the IMF upgraded its GDP growth forecasts to 1.5% in 2017 and 0.7% in 2018, up by 0.3 percentage points ...

ECB exit: 2018 or 2021?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 11 OCT 2017
... recently, the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) sharp upgrade to Eurozone GDP growth. In its October 2017 World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, the IMF lifted its GDP forecasts to 2.1% this year and 1.9% in 2018 from the 1.7% and 1.6%, respectively ...

Better, but not good enough

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 8 JUN 2017
... most of its assessments appear to be similar to that contained in the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) World Economic Outlook, April 2017 report - where the Fund also lifted its 2017 global growth forecast to 3.5% (from 3.4% predicted three months ...

Which part of the elephant are you holding?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAY 2017
... the cheap Australian dollar, should continue to underpin export growth. This is in line with the IMF's World Economic Outlook report update last month which stated that, "With buoyant financial markets and a long-awaited cyclical recovery in manufacturing ...

Damned if they do, damned if they don't

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 3 APR 2017
... psychological level roundabout the time of US president Trump's failure to get Obamacare repealed/replaced. In its "World Economic Outlook Update" report released in January this year, the IMF predicted that the global economy would grow from 3.1% in ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has just published its October World Economic Outlook (WEO) report and true to form, it's once more taking down earlier more optimistic forecasts. In October 2015, the IMF saw world economic output growing brightly ...

No more tears?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 18 APR 2016
... growth forecasts for the world... and found it slowing even more than its previous guesses. In its April World Economic Outlook (WEO) update, the IMF revealed that it now expects the global economy to grow by 3.2% this year, down from the 3.4% it predicted ...

Economic Wrap

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 13 APR 2016
IMF World Economic Outlook Another 3 months, another downgrade. In its April World Economic Outlook (WEO) update, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has yet again revised down its global growth forecasts. The IMF now expects the global economy to ...