World Economic Outlook

World Economic Outlook, October 2014: Legacies, Clouds, Uncertainties

Publication Date:

October 7, 2014

Electronic Access:

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Summary:

The pace of recovery has disappointed in recent years, and downside risks have increased, including from heightened geopolitical tensions. These increased risks make it a priority to raise actual and potential growth. In a number of economies, an increase in public infrastructure investment can also provide support to demand and help boost potential output. And in advanced economies as well as emerging and developing economies there is a general, urgent need for structural reforms to strengthen growth potential or make growth more sustainable. The four individual chapters examine the overall global outlook, the prospects for individual countries and regions, the benefits of increased public infrastructure investment in terms of raising output, and the extent to which global imbalances have narrowed significantly since their peak in 2006.

Series:

World Economic Outlook No. 2014/002

Subject:

Balance of payments Current account balance Economic sectors Emerging and frontier financial markets Expenditure Financial markets Inflation Infrastructure National accounts Natural gas sector Prices Public investment and public-private partnerships (PPP) Public investment spending

Frequency:

Biannually