The January 2025 Chief Economists Outlook explores key trends in the global economy, including the latest outlook for growth, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy. It discusses the impact of US policy on the global economy, investigates fragmentation trends and discusses the turbulent outlook for global trade.

Jan 16, 2025 · The outlook remains subdued, with a majority of chief economists (56%) expecting the global economy to weaken over the next year, according to the latest World Economic Forum Chief Economists Outlook. Only 17% foresee an improvement, pointing to weakness in key regions and increasing risks of fragmentation.

The September 2024 Chief Economists Outlook explores key trends in the global economy, including the latest outlook for growth, inflation, monetary and fiscal policy, the implications of high public debt levels, and the prospects for a new growth agenda.

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Jan 30, 2025 · Uncertainty reigns over the world economy, with big questions around the use of tariffs and the impact they might have on international trade. This is already affecting investment decisions, but is not causing 'deglobalization', World Trade Organization Chief Economist says.

Jan 7, 2025 · The Future of Jobs Report 2025 brings together the perspective of over 1,000 leading global employers—collectively representing more than 14 million workers across 22 industry clusters and 55 economies from around the world—to examine how these macrotrends impact jobs and skills, and the workforce transformation strategies employers plan to ...

Sep 25, 2024 · This month, the World Economic Forum released its latest edition of the Chief Economists Outlook, a survey published three time a year of leading chief economists from across industries and international organizations. The report found that a plurality of the chief economists surveyed (54%) expect the condition of the global economy to remain ...

Dec 11, 2024 · China has been a key driver of global growth for a number of years, but Asia's rising influence on the global economy and its critical role in growth is spreading. Consider, for example, the latest Chief Economists Outlook , which saw much more optimism for growth on the continent - with the notable exception of China - than in other regions.

Oct 15, 2024 · Despite talk of deglobalization, and the rise of armed conflict and hostilities in the Ukraine and in the Middle East, the world economy remains deeply interconnected. The world is not deglobalizing. Instead, the economic interconnections among nations are being reconfigured along geopolitical and regional lines.

Jan 15, 2024 · The global economy is expected to remain uncertain throughout 2024. The World Economic Forum’s latest Chief Economists Outlook finds that just over half of chief economists anticipate the global economy to weaken this year. Seven in 10 expect the pace of geoeconomic fragmentation to accelerate in 2024.