Libros de International Monetary Fund. Research Dept. (3 libros)

Las perspectivas económicas mundiales han mejorado de nuevo, pero el carácter accidentado de la recuperación y la combinación asimétrica de políticas macroeconómicas en las economías avanzadas están complicando la formulación de políticas en las economías de mercados emergentes. El capítulo 3 examina las perspectivas con respecto a la inflación, especialmente debido a que la inflación se mantuvo notablemente estable antes de la Gran Recesión y, de hecho, ha sido menos sensible a las condiciones cíclicas. El capítulo 4 examina la probabilidad de que los países de bajo...

The upswing in global investment and trade continued in the second half of 2017. At 3.8 percent, global growth in 2017 was the fastest since 2011. With financial conditions still supportive, global growth is expected to tick up to a 3.9 percent rate in both 2018 and 2019. Advanced economies will grow faster than potential this year and next; euro area economies are set to narrow excess capacity with support from accommodative monetary policy, and expansionary fiscal policy will drive the US economy above full employment. Aggregate growth in emerging market and developing economies is...

Global growth for 2018–19 is projected to remain steady at its 2017 level, but its pace is less vigorous than projected in April and it has become less balanced. Downside risks to global growth have risen in the past six months and the potential for upside surprises has receded. Global growth is projected at 3.7 percent for 2018–19—0.2 percentage point lower for both years than forecast in April. The downward revision reflects surprises that suppressed activity in early 2018 in some major advanced economies, the negative effects of the trade measures implemented or approved between...