IMF World Economic Outlook

Title: IMF World Economic Outlook, 1980- (IMF WEO)

Abstract: The World Economic Outlook (WEO) database contains selected macroeconomic data series from the statistical appendix of the World Economic Outlook report, which presents the IMF staff's analysis and projections of economic developments at the global level, in major country groups and in many individual countries.

This database can be used to find data on national accounts, inflation, unemployment rates, balance of payments, fiscal indicators, trade for countries and country groups (aggregates), and commodity prices whose data are reported by the IMF.

Access data: http://esds80.mcc.ac.uk/wds_weo/ (See Access Conditions below)

Dataset user guide: Guide to IMF WEO

Citation: The bibliographic citation for the database is: International Monetary Fund (<YYYY>): World Economic Outlook (<date/edition of dataset>). Mimas, University of Manchester. DOI: <edition specific doi - e.g. http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/imf/weo/2011-04 >.

Edition: You will be able to access the most recent edition of the IMF WEO at UK Data Service. If you wish to access a previous edition of the data, please contact the UK Data Service directly using the UK Data Service help pages.

Previous editions released by ESDS International:

The IMF WEO October 2012 edition released on 13 Nov 2012. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/imf/weo/2012_11
The IMF WEO April 2012 edition released on 2 May 2012. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/imf/weo/2012_04
The IMF WEO Sept 2011 edition released on 26 Sept 2011. DOI: >http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/imf/weo/2011-09
The IMF WEO April 2011 edition released on 27 April 2011. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5257/imf/weo/2011-04
The IMF WEO October 2010 edition released on 14 October 2010.
The IMF WEO April 2010 edition released on 12 May 2010.
The IMF WEO October 2009 edition released on 13 October 2009.
The IMF WEO April 2009 edition released on 5 May 2009.
The IMF WEO October 2008 edition released on 4 November 2008.
The IMF WEO April 2008 edition released on 18 April 2008.
The IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2007 edition was first made available via ESDS International on 14 November 2007.

Creator: International Monetary Fund

Publisher: UK Data Service, Mimas

Access Conditions:

To access the international macrodata you must be a user from a UK higher or further education institution. We cannot provide data to users outside of this community due to the data re-distribution license agreements we have with our data providers. If you are a member of a UK higher or further education institution access to the macro-economic datasets is provided free of charge.

Access to data requires registration and uses the federated access management authentication system. Registration is a simple online process - see more at UK Data Service.

Once you have registered and attempt to access international macrodata, you will automatically be prompted to agree to additional dataset specific conditions if they apply.