The global economy at the end of 2017
The good news

The bad news

The Year in Review: Global Economy in 5 Charts
By: Oya Celasun, Gian Maria Milesi-Ferretti, and Maurice Obstfeld – IMF
Lurking risks
The world is set up for the unwinding of three mega-trends: unconventional monetary policy, the real economy’s dependence on assets, and a potentially destabilizing global saving arbitrage.
Complacency Will Be Tested in 2018
By: Stephen roach – Yale University
Will the financial markets’ exuberance continue?
Only if economic and policy fundamentals improve to the point that they validate existing asset prices, argues Mohamed El-Erian.
Financial Investors’ Wish List for 2018
By: Mohamed A. El-Erian – Allianz