Global Macroeconomics Team
Team
The Economic Monitoring Team is responsible for the Prospects Daily and the Prospects Weekly. The Prospects Daily is compiled each weekday morning to provide an update of the latest developments in world markets, focusing on growth, trade and prices, interest rate policy, as well as commodity markets, and ascertaining the implications for developing countries. The Prospects Weekly aims to provide a review and brief analysis of developments in global markets over the previous weekly period, highlighting emerging trends in high-income and developing countries. Typically the Prospects Weekly will be posted each Friday.
Both publications include contributions from the following individuals:
- Dilek Aykut
- John Baffes
- Andrew Burns
- Allen Dennis
- Adil Islam
- EJ Kim
- Sabah Zeehan Mirza
- Sanket Mohapatra
- Cristina Savescu
- Ekaterine Vashakmadze
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- 05/22/13 Prospects Daily: Japan affirms its monetary easing plans, US housing market continues recover, Russia industrial production slows
- 05/20/13 Prospects Weekly: Developing countries to become major sources of global capital flows, Inflation in most developing countries remains contained, Global grain supplies are expected to improve markedly in 2013/14
- 05/20/13 Prospects Daily: Gold, silver continue declines, US leading indicator improves, Thailand and Chile GDP growth slows
- 05/17/13 Prospects Daily: Turkish bond yields at record lows on rating upgrade, Spain posts first monthly trade surplus, Russia and Mexico GDP slows.
- 05/15/13 World Bank publishes Commodity Price Forecasts - May 2013
- 05/15/13 Prospects Daily: Italian and Spanish bonds fall, Eurozone remains in recession, Malaysia GDP growth slows
- 05/14/13 Prospects Daily: Eurozone IP recovers, Brazil’s Petrobras sells the largest developing-country debt on record, India’s inflation eases in April
- 05/13/13 Prospects Daily: Dollar continues to rise, US retail sales flat in April, Chinese investment eases
- 05/10/13 Prospects Daily: Japanese Yen weakens further…German exports pick up…Mexican industrial production contracts sharply
- 05/09/13 Prospects Daily: Spanish bonds decline…US jobless claims fall to new low…China inflation picks up
- 05/08/13 Prospects Daily: Equities reach new highs…German IP momentum builds…China returns to trade surplus
- 05/07/13 Prospects Daily: Global equities advance… German factory orders up…Russian inflation picks up.
- 05/06/13 Prospects Weekly: Gross capital flows to developing countries got off to a strong start in the second quarter, Industrial commodity prices are easing, Inventory levels are above pre-crisis averages in the US
- 05/06/13 Prospects Daily: Malaysia's stocks up following elections, Eurozone retail sales up in Q1, Developing countries service sector PMIs decline
- 05/03/13 Prospects Daily: Philippines receives investment grade rating, US labor market improves, India’s central bank cuts rates
- 05/02/13 Prospects Daily: Chinese Yuan rises to 19 year high, Eurozone and developing countries’ manufacturing PMIs drop
- 04/30/13 Prospects Daily: Euro falls on rate cut expectations, German and US consumer confidence picks up, Croatia IP rebounds
- 04/29/13 Prospects Daily: Italian borrowing costs drop lower, US and German inflation eases…Libya announces new oil financing deal for Egypt
- 04/29/13 Prospects Weekly: Poverty is much lower in urban areas than in rural areas, Capital-goods orders data point to increased capital spending, Officially recorded remittances to developing countries remained relatively stable
- 04/25/13 Prospects Daily: Chinese yuan surges, UK avoids triple-dip recession in Q1, Colombia sovereign ratings upgraded
- 04/24/13 Prospects Daily: Italian borrowing costs improve, US capital orders growth eases, Brazil’s current account deficit widens
- 04/23/13 Prospects Daily: Weakening flash PMIs in the US, Eurozone and China
- 04/22/13 Prospects Weekly: Retail sales growth slowed in the United States, Inflationary pressures in both high-income and developing countries, High-income country stock markets have outperformed developing countries
- 04/22/13 Prospects Daily: Russian corporate debt issuance surges, UK AAA rating cut, Mexico retail sales contract
- 04/19/13 Prospects Daily: Gold prices recover slightly, UK retail sales up in Q1, Mexico’s unemployment rate falls
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