Potential effects of QE tapering on the United Republic of Tanzania
World Economic Situation and Prospects Weekly Highlight No. 39
WESP Weekly Highlight No. 39
December 2013
Summary:
Anaemic economic recovery is accompanied by tame?inflation in developed economies.
?GDP growth is stronger than expected in the United?States.
?Currencies in some emerging economies are under?pressure again.
Along with subdued economic recovery in developed economies?and moderated growth in emerging economies, the average global?consumer price inflation index fell to historical lows in 2013, indicating considerable slack in the global economy and the risk of?deflation in some countries. Global consumer price inflation (excluding food and energy) decelerated from an annual rate of 2.2 per?cent in the six months through March 2013 to a 1.8 per cent in the?six months…
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 61
In its report Realizing the Future We Want for All, the UN System Task Team on the Post-2015 UN Development Agenda lays out its main findings and recommendations for a development agenda beyond 2015. It calls for an integrated policy approach to ensure inclusive economic development, social progress and environmental sustainability and a development agenda that responds to the aspirations of all people for a world free of want and fear. The report will serve as a reference for further broader and inclusive consultations on the post-2015 development agenda.
The present report outlines a bold vision for transformative change towards inclusive, people-centered, and sustainable development and…
Report of the UN System Task Team on the Post-2015 Development Agenda
November 2013
Summary:
Global?manufacturing?production?has improved
Economic?recovery?is?strengthening?in?developed?economies,?although?slowly
Public?fiscal?stimulus?programmes?have?been?a?determinant?factor?in?economic?growth?in?many?developing?countries
Global industrial production accelerated by an annualized rate of 4 per cent?in the third quarter of 2013, in line with an ongoing positive trend in industrial production and trade. This is the fastest pace in about two and a?half years, excluding the exceptional circumstances that followed the flooding?in Thailand and Japan?s nuclear disaster in 2011. Industrial production picked?up in many countries, but the strongest acceleration in…
Monthly Briefing on the World Economic Situation and Prospects, No. 60
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