Blog posts tagged by tag: IMF

• Eurozone: Draghi says ciao; Lagarde says move

  On 1 November, a new era for the Eurozone commenced as Christine Lagarde, the former head of the IMF, took over the reins of the ECB from Mario Draghi. In this post, we assess the outlook for the region next year and the biggest challenges facing Lagarde.

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  Tags: Draghi, Eurozone, IMF, Lagarde

• How do the freshly-released IMF GDP growth forecasts compare to the FocusEconomics Consensus Forecast

  The IMF has just released its biannual World Economic Outlook. Sharp downgrades were made to its growth forecasts for emerging economies, especially Brazil, Nigeria, South Africa and Russia. See how the IMF 2015 GDP growth forecasts compare to the latest consensus forecasts from the FocusEconomics’ network of the world’s leading economists.

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  Tags: Africa, Asia, Consensus Forecast, Economic Growth (GDP), Euro Area, IMF, USA

• FocusEconomics Speaks with Dukascopy Regarding the Greek Crisis

  FocusEconomics Economist Teresa Kersting was recently interviewed by online Swiss financial television channel Dukascopy TV, focusing on Germany and its economic outlook in the near future. 

  The interview began with a discussion on the fall in German factory orders, which were slightly below what was forecast for the month of May. When asked what the significance of the contraction was for German manufacturing Teresa responded that the Factory Order Index is typically volatile and that the modest contraction of 0.2% was not cause for alarm. Strong growth numbers from April coupled with the increase in demand for orders from outside the EU made up for the shrinking numbers from within the EU and actually “painted a rather positive picture for German Manufacturing.”

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  Tags: Germany, Greece, IMF

• FocusEconomics Speaks to Russia Today Regarding Ukraine Crisis

  Russian English-language television channel Russia Today recently interviewed FocusEconomics’ Economist Angela Bouzanis about the dire economic situation in Ukraine. Ukraine has had a torrid time over the last year with the military conflict with Russia and now their economy is suffering immensely. Ukraine has been granted foreign aid packages from the West to help their floundering economy, but high inflation, currency devaluation and soaring energy tariffs persist with no signs of improvement. 

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  Tags: European Union, IMF, Russia, Ukraine

• How does the IMF’s latest quarterly global outlook compare to forecasts from over 30 of the world’s leading economists?

  The World Bank just released its updated World Economic Ooutlook. We compared the IMF forecasts for 10 countries including, the USA, Russia, Japan, India, China and Brazil, to our own Consensus Forecasts from our panels of 30+ economic institutions. See how the forecasts stack up in our interactive infographic: http://bit.ly/1wnASjo

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  Tags: Brazil, China, IMF, India, Japan, Mexico, Russia, South Africa, UK, USA