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Chief economist update: How deep the global recession?

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 APR 2020
... activity more challenging and, at least for the most affected sectors, undesirable." In January, the IMF titled its WEO report with Tentative Stabilisation, Sluggish Recovery?. That was reasonable...three months ago. The US and China had just reached ...

Chief economist update: EUr next

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 10 APR 2019
... growth outlook to 3.3% this year - down from 3.5% predicted only three months ago and 3.7% forecast in the October WEO report. The IMF "projects a slowdown in growth in 2019 for 70% of the world economy... It reflects negative revisions for several major ...

Slow, slower, slowing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 10 OCT 2016
... beautifully by 3.6% in 2016 from 3.2% in the past year. This 3.6% global growth prediction turned into 3.2% in its April 2016 WEO report, this month it's been lowered a tad to 3.1%. And true to form, the IMF is again forecasting a better tomorrow this ...

Wall Street snubs the IMF

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... captured in the headlines. Didn't see the IMF's inflation forecasts in most of the financial press, did you? Look at the WEO report and you'll see that while the IMF has upped by 0.1% both the 2014 and 2015 inflation predictions, it expects consumer ...

Forecasts shmorecasts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 25 JAN 2012
... financial markets have developed long-term memories. If they have, I'm sure they still remember how, in its April 2009 WEO report, the IMF predicted global activity to decline by 1.3% that year. As it turned out the IMF was overly pessimistic. According ...
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