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THE WORLD ECONOMY: Global outlook overview

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2020

Barry Naisbitt ,
Janine Boshoff ,
Dawn Holland ,
Ian Hurst ,
Amit Kara ,
Iana Liadze ,
Corrado Macchiarelli ,
Xuxin Mao ,
Patricia Sanchez Juanino  and
Craig Thamotheram
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National Institute Economic Review , Volume 252 , May 2020 , pp. F44 - F88
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© National Institute of Economic and Social Research, 2020

Footnotes

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All questions and comments related to the forecast and its underlying assumptions should be addressed to Iana Liadze ([email protected]).

We would like to thank Jagjit Chadha and Garry Young for helpful comments and Patricia Sanchez Juanino for preparing the charts and compiling the database underlying the forecast. The forecast was completed on 17 April 2020. Exchange rate, interest rate and equity price assumptions are based on information available to 10 April 2020. Unless otherwise specified, the source of all data reported in tables and figures is the NiGEM database and NIESR forecast baseline.

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