Author/Editor: Oya Celasun, Jungjin Lee, Mico Mrkaic, Allan Timmermann.

Release Date:August, 2021

This paper examines the performance of World Economic Outlook (WEO) growth forecasts for 2004-17. Short-term real GDP growth forecasts over that period exhibit little bias, and their accuracy is more...

Author/Editor: Jong-Won Yoon, Jinill Kim, Jungjin Lee.

Release Date:November, 2014

The ongoing demographic changes will bring about a substantial shift in the size and theage composition of the population, which will have significant impact on the global economy. Despite more...

Author/Editor: Steven Phillips, Luis Catão, Luca Antonio Ricci, Rudolfs Bems, Mitali Das, Julian Di Giovanni, Filiz Unsal, Marola Castillo, Jungjin Lee, Jair Rodriguez, Mauricio Vargas.

Release Date:January, 2014

The External Balance Assessment (EBA) methodology has been developed by the IMF’s Research Department as a successor to the CGER methodology for assessing current accounts and exchange rates in a more...

Author/Editor: Steven Phillips, Luis Catão, Luca Antonio Ricci, Rudolfs Bems, Mitali Das, Julian Di Giovanni, Filiz Unsal, Marola Castillo, Jungjin Lee, Jair Rodriguez, Mauricio Vargas.

Release Date:December, 2013

The External Balance Assessment (EBA) methodology has been developed by the IMF’s Research Department as a successor to the CGER methodology for assessing current accounts and exchange rates in a more...

Author/Editor: Jungjin Lee, Abdul Abiad, Prakash Kannan.

Release Date:February, 2009

The IMF's Consultative Group on Exchange Rate issues (CGER) has been conducting exchange rate assessments as part of the surveillance process since 1997. This paper evaluates CGER assessments from more...