World Economic Outlook, October 2021 - International ...

The global economy is projected to grow 5.9 percent in 2021 and 4.9 percent in 2022, 0.1 percentage point lower for 2021 than in the July ... 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ReadtheChapter chapter1data october2021database BlogbyGitaGopinath onlineannex pressconference PODCAST InflationScares Despiterecentincreasesinheadlineinflationinbothadvancedandemergingmarketeconomies,long-terminflationexpectationsremainanchored.Lookingahead,headlineinflationisprojectedtopeakinthefinalmonthsof2021butisexpectedtoreturntopre-pandemiclevelsbymid-2022formosteconomies.Butgiventherecovery’sunchartednature,considerableuncertaintyremains,andinflationcouldexceedforecastsforavarietyofreasons.Clearcommunication,combinedwithappropriatemonetaryandfiscalpolicies,canhelpprevent“inflationscares”fromunhinginginflationexpectations. ReadtheChapter chapter2data blogbyimfstaff onlineannex Podcast ResearchandInnovation:FightingthePandemicandBoostingLong-TermGrowth Howcanpolicymakersboostlong-termgrowthinthepost–COVID-19globaleconomy?Thischapterlooksattheroleofbasicresearch—undirected,theoretical,orexperimentalwork.Usingrichnewdatathatdrawonconnectionsfromindividualinnovationsandscientificarticles,thischaptershowsthatbasicresearchisanessentialinputintoinnovation,withwide-ranginginternationalspilloversandlong-lastingeconomicimpacts. 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