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世界经济增长缓慢，其实本不必这样

7月新的一期《世界经济展望》下调了2019年全球经济增长预测，预计2019年全球经济增长3.2%，2020年增长3.5%。这是在此前大幅下调预测值之前做出的预测，与4月预测相比，这两年的预测值都有0.1个百分点的小幅修正。2019年的修订反映了新兴市场和发展中国家经济增长带来的负面影响抵消了一些发达经济体经济增长的惊喜。

The world is looking at slow growth - but it doesn't have to be this way

In our July update of the World Economic Outlook we are revising downward our projection for global growth to 3.2 percent in 2019 and 3.5 percent in 2020. While this is a modest revision ...

Hacia el equilibrio de la economía mundial: Algunos avances pero con desafíos a futuro

Tras la crisis financiera mundial, los superávits y déficits en cuenta corriente cayeron bruscamente a nivel general, de alrededor del 6% del PIB mundial en 2007 a alrededor del 3,5% en 2...

How is the global economy fairing 11 years after the financial crisis?

Following the global financial crisis, overall current account surpluses and deficits fell sharply from about 6 percent of global GDP in 2007 to about 3.5 percent in 2013. Since then, as ...

Here’s how a trade war between the US and China could reshape the global order

US-China trade tensions have negatively affected consumers as well as many producers in both countries. The tariffs have reduced trade between the US and China, but the bilateral trade de...

La economía mundial: Un momento delicado

Hace un año, la actividad económica estaba acelerándose en casi todas las regiones del mundo. Mucho ha cambiado desde entonces: la escalada de las tensiones comerciales entre Estados Unid...

An economist explains the pros and cons of globalization

Every industrial revolution has driven a wave of globalization. The first wave was driven by innovations such as the steam engine and the industrial weaving machine; the second by the ass...

Gita Gopinath: Why this is a delicate moment for the global economy

A year ago, economic activity was accelerating in almost all regions of the world. One year later, much has changed. The escalation of US–China trade tensions, needed credit tightening in...

L’expansion mondiale s’affaiblit face aux risques qui s’amplifient

Bien que la croissance mondiale en 2018 soit restée proche des sommets atteints après la crise, l'expansion mondiale s'affaiblit, et à un rythme un peu plus rapide que prévu. Cette mise à...

El FMI ha recortado su previsión para la economía global

Las cifras de crecimiento en 2018 continuaron rondando los máximos registrados después de la crisis, pero la expansión mundial está moderándose a un ritmo más rápido de lo previsto. En es...

The IMF has cut its forecast for the global economy

While global growth in 2018 remained close to postcrisis highs, the global expansion is weakening and at a rate that is somewhat faster than expected. This update of the World Economic Ou...

Los beneficios elusivos de los tipos de cambio flexibles

En 1953, Milton Friedman publicó un ensayo llamado "El caso en favor de los tipos de cambio flexibles", donde sostenía que protegen a una economía de las sacudidas internas y externas al ...

Trump, taxes and the US economy

Now that Donald Trump has been elected President of the United States and Republicans control both houses of Congress, corporate tax reform is coming to America. The package currently bei...

Why is investment stagnating in India?

It has been 18 months since Narendra Modi became India’s prime minister, following his Bharatiya Janata Party’s historic general-election triumph. The BJP’s overwhelming victory brought s...

Should a stronger dollar delay an interest rate rise?