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Global growth is projected at –4.9 percent in 2020, 1.9 percentage points below the April 2020 World Economic Outlook (WEO) forecast. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a more negative impact on activity ...

In the Master’s Programme in Economics at the University of Helsinki, you get a demanding, high-quality education in the field of economics by focusing on the key elements of economic analysis and ...

The change in the average U.S. tariff rate in 2025 was the largest in the modern era. One way to assess the effects of such a large shock on unemployment and inflation is by looking at data from ...

As of October 2025, the World Economic Outlook database and supporting documents will be accessible through the IMF Data portal. The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database is created during the ...

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Air connectivity is an important aspect of global business, but what makes a city ‘well connected’ is unclear. We found that, more important than the number of flights between cities, companies choose ...

Uniform interregional electricity transfer capability requirements improve reliability of the US grid, but with lower cost and emissions reductions than a cost-optimized, region-specific approach.

EAP's exports now face higher trade restrictions, elevated policy uncertainty, and slowing global growth. And its workers must cope with the growing use of robots, AI, and digital platforms. Download ...

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This paper reviews recent research in spatial economics. The field of spatial economics is concerned with the determinants and effects of the location of economic activity in geographic space. It ...