Luis Maizel’s Monthly Letter: Stop the World – I Want to Get Off!

The title of the letter is from a Broadway play many years ago. Many people today feel that everything is terrible, with wars dragging on indefinitely, inept and corrupt governments in most parts of the world, non-existent leadership, and a global economic situation complicated by …

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Visualizations

Visualizing the $105 Trillion World Economy in One Chart By the end of 2023, the world economy is expected to have a gross domestic product (GDP) of $105 trillion, or $5 trillion higher than the year before, according to the latest International Monetary Fund (IMF) …

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Global Economy; Second Semester and Beyond.

Photo: Bill Oxford on Unsplash The world economy is affected by a combination of persistent high inflation, low growth, and high-interest rates that, if extended, could lead to financial instability. Geopolitical tension adds to the uncertainty. Its adverse effects on economic growth may also cripple tax revenues, and this would increase pressure on already high …

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IMF World Economic Outlook April 2023

Overview The outlook is uncertain again amid financial sector turmoil, high inflation, ongoing effects of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and three years of COVID The baseline forecast is for growth to fall from 3.4 percent in 2022 to 2.8 percent in 2023, before settling at …

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