Publications

May 2013 Summary:  Commodity prices decline as global trade remains weak The ECB cuts interest rates, returning to conventional monetary policy Economic momentum weakens in East Asia; another interest rate cut in India The global economy continued to e ...

April 2013 Summary: Renewed concerns about banking fragility in the euro area Capital inflows into emerging markets gain momentum The Bank of Japan discloses its new monetary stance which is beyond market expectations United States housing market stren ...

March 2013 Summary: Sequestration may lead to lower growth in the United States  Weaknesses continue in the European Union China announces a GDP target of 7.5 per cent while India boosts budget spending The Congress of the United States failed to agree ...

February 2013 Summary: Policy initiatives improve the situation in global financial markets Japanese yen depreciates significantly after new policy stances Further monetary easing in South Asia A number of new policy initiatives adopted by major econom ...

The Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development, Ms. Shamshad Akhtar, presented the World Economic Situation and Prospects 2013 (WESP) report in a briefing to a meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today in New Yo ...

January 2013 Summary: World economic prospects for 2013 only slightly improving Uncertainties and risks looming More proactive and concerted policy actions needed Five years after the eruption of the global financial crisis, the world economy is still ...

The World Economic Situation and Prospects2013 (WESP) is being launched today in cities across the globe: Addis Ababa, Bangkok, Beirut, Geneva, Mexico City, New Delhi; and on January 22nd in Moscow. The definitive report of the United Nations on the st ...

Join the Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development Shamshad Akhtar and DPAD Director Rob Vos as they launch the Global Economic Outlook, Chapter 1 of theWorld Economic Situation and Prospects 2013, on Tuesday, 18 December at the DHL Auditori ...

November/December 2012 Summary: Effects of quantitative easing on emerging markets weakening Fiscal cliff looming for the United States Economic situation in Japan deteriorates further  Signs of a mild strengthening of economic activity in China The in ...