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""Table of contents""; ""Summary of projections""; ""Editorial: The B-Minus World Economy: Investment is Key to Getting a Better Grade""; ""Chapter 1. General Assessment of the Macroeconomic Situation""; ""Introduction""; ""The outlook in a nutshell""; ""Box 1.1. Policy and other assumptions underly...

""Main issues for economic prospects""""Figure 1.4. Many currencies have depreciated against the US dollar""; ""Figure 1.5. Divergence in monetary policy stances has increased""; ""Figure 1.6. Financial conditions and corporate debt flows have been diverging""; ""Table 1.2. Exchange rate and price d...

""Figure 1.9. Net foreign asset valuation effects from a 10% US dollar appreciation""""Figure 1.10. Commodity prices have fallen""; ""Table 1.3. World trade will strengthen gradually""; ""Figure 1.11. The oil price decline has different effects across country groups""; ""Box 1.2. Potential oil price...

""Figure 1.14. Labour compensation""""Figure 1.15. Monthly inflation rates""; ""Figure 1.16. Retail sales""; ""Figure 1.17. Labour productivity and investment""; ""Figure 1.18. Real business investment growth has been weak compared with previous cycles""; ""Box 1.3. The contribution of weaker invest...

""The cumulative distribution of total financial assets""""Table 1.5. Negative sovereign bond yields have become increasingly common""; ""Figure 1.19. Equity prices have increased""; ""Figure 1.20. Volatility in bond markets has increased""; ""Figure 1.21. Financial conditions have converged among e...

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