May 12, 2022 · Inflation is on the increase around the world, with food and energy prices hitting record highs. The rise has been driven in large part by pent-up consumer demand after the pandemic and the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Jan 16, 2025 · The Chief Economists Outlook also reveals intensifying pressures on the world’s economic interconnectedness with fragmentation trends expected to accelerate in goods and services trade, labour mobility, technology and data and to a lesser degree in finance.

11 hours ago · World Trade Organization chief economist Ralph Ossa discusses the outlook for the global economy in 2025 on the World Economic Forum's Radio Davos podcast. ... Yet, are traditional measures such as inflation and GDP the only ways we should be measuring economies in a rapidly changing world?

Jan 17, 2025 · In our latest projections, global growth remains steady at 3.3 percent this year and next. Broadly aligned with world potential growth, inflation is declining to 4.2 percent this year and 3.5 percent next year in a return to central bank targets.

Chief economists expect significant regional variation in the inflation outlook for 2023. Although no regions are slated for very high inflation, expectations of high inflation range from 57% of respondents for Europe to just 5% of respondents for China.

Jan 17, 2025 · Global growth is projected at 3.3 percent both in 2025 and 2026, broadly unchanged from the October 2024 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast with an upward revision in the United States offsetting downward revisions elsewhere. The near-term outlook is characterized by divergent paths, while medium-term risks to growth are tilted to the downside. Renewed inflationary pressures could interrupt ...

Use this database to find data on national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade for countries and country groups (aggregates), and commodity prices whose data are reported by the IMF.

Jan 16, 2025 · A majority of chief economists expect the global economy to weaken over the next year, according to the latest World Economic Forum Chief Economists Outlook. ... Global inflation continues to ease, driven primarily by the advanced economies which have been returning to their inflation targets more rapidly than emerging-market and developing ...

6 days ago · Global policymakers have made remarkable progress in tackling inflation without inducing a recession, but some work remains to be done, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina...

Jan 23, 2025 · REMARKS BY PRESIDENT TRUMP AT THE WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM. Via Teleconference. 11:06 A.M. EST ... The result is the worst inflation crisis in modern history and sky-high interest rates for our ...