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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- 02/08/13 Prospects Daily: EU seals a seven-year budget package, China reports inflation moderation and strong export growth
- 02/07/13 Prospects Daily: ECB holds interest rates at 0.75%, Germany’s industrial production increased, Brazil’s inflation accelerated
- 02/06/13 Prospects Daily: Factory orders up in Germany, Poland cuts policy rates, China boosts minimum wages to narrow disparities, Colombia’s inflation eases
- 02/05/13 Prospects Weekly: Economic activity in high-income countries, yields on safe-haven contracting, developing country growth
- 02/05/13 Prospects Daily: Economic activity in Euro Area strengthens led by Germany, British services sector gains strength, Pace of Indonesia’s growth slows, Russia’s inflation up
- 02/04/13 Prospects Daily: European stocks decline, U.S. factory orders up, Turkey’s inflation accelerates
- 02/01/13 Prospects Daily: Euro Area and US manufacturing PMIs rise in January, inflation eases in Thailand and Peru, but accelerates in Indonesia
- 01/31/13 Prospects Daily: German retail sales fall in December, GDP growth slows in Russia and Taiwan in 2012, but accelerates in the Philippines
- 01/30/13 Prospects Daily: GDP contracts in US, Belgium and Spain in Q4 2012, Russian business confidence strengthens
- 01/29/13 Prospects Daily: German consumer confidence improves, Colombia and India cut policy rates
- 01/28/13 Prospects Daily: US factory orders climb higher, Angola and Mongolia cut policy rates
- 01/28/13 Prospects Weekly: Net capital flows to developing countries are projected to increase over the 2013-2014 period, global trade growth is projected to accelerate in 2013, real food prices reached record levels in 2012
- 01/25/13 Prospects Daily: Danish central bank raised interest rates, U.K. economy flat, German business sentiment improves, Vietnam’s inflation accelerates
- 01/24/13 Prospects Daily: U.S. Congress voted to temporarily suspend debt ceiling, South Korea’s growth hits three-year low in 2012, but pace of growth accelerates, China’s and Germany’s Flash Markit PMIs point to strengthening economic activity
- 01/23/13 Prospects Daily: Spain’s economic contraction accelerates…Russia’s industrial production slows
- 01/22/13 Prospects Daily: Germany’s economic confidence strengthens…Japan adopts a 2% inflation target…Turkey cuts the overnight rates…
- 01/18/13 Prospects Daily: Global stock markets rallied on Friday
- 01/17/13 Prospects Daily: US unemployment claims fall to 5-year low, Serbia’s central bank raises policy rate
- 01/16/13 Prospects Daily: World Bank's Global Economic Prospects report urges developing countries to safeguard economic growth, as road ahead remains bumpy
- 01/16/13 Prospects Weekly: Gross capital flows to developing countries rose strongly in the second half of 2012
- 01/15/13 Prospects Daily: Euro Area exports rise in November, Philippines’ remittances growth strong in November
- 01/14/13 Prospects Daily: Yen depreciates further, India’s WPI inflation falls insignificantly, Kenya cuts its policy rate
- 01/11/13 Prospects Daily: US trade deficit widens in November, Inflation in China accelerates, India’s industrial production slows
- 01/10/13 Prospects Daily: ECB keeps key policy interest rate steady, Chinese export growth accelerates to double digits
- 01/09/13 Prospects Daily: Inflation slows in Mexico and accelerates modestly in Russia, Egypt’s PMI plunges to record low
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