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New IMF growth forecasts: EU revised downward, once again

The IMF published its new World Economic Outlook today (see the report here and the database here). Once again, euro-area’s outlook has been revised downward, but this is not the case for the USA and Japan.

By: Date: October 14, 2014 Topic: Global economy and trade

The IMF published its new World Economic Outlook today (see the report here and the database here). Once again, euro-area’s outlook has been revised downward, but this is not the case for the USA and Japan:

Growth forecasts at different dates (2007=100) (click to enlarge)

Source: calculations based on different editions of the IMF World Economic Outlook. Note: the first vertical dashed line in each panel indicates 2007, the second 2012.

The next figure shows data for each EU country, including the soon-to-be member Croatia. There were only six countries that did not face downward revision from October 2012 to April 2013: Belgium, Estonia, Germany, Ireland, Latvia and Lithuania. The other 22 countries faced smaller or larger downward revisions from the October 2012 outlooks, which, by the way, were not really bright for most.

It is high time to address Europe’s growth problem.

Growth forecasts at different dates (2007=100) (click to enlarge)



 


Source: calculations based on different editions of the IMF World Economic Outlook. Note: EU15: EU members before 2004; EU11: EU members joined in 2004=2007 except Cyprus (the current WEO does not include forecasts for Cyprus). The first vertical dashed line in each panel indicates 2007, the second 2012.

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