Tuesday, January 23, 2018

Sunny outlook for the world economy, according to the IMF

The IMF published January 22 its update of the World Economic Outlook. World output growth for 2017 is revised slightly higher (3.7%), and it should get even better results in 2018 (3.9%) and 2019 (3.9%).

The IMF economists detailed analysis of the World Economic Outlook  is available at :

http://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2018/01/11/world-economic-outlook-update-january-2018

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

The DLI keeps sending positive signals for the Quebec economy

The Desjardins Leading Index (DLI) increased (0.7%) again in November according to the analysis published January 17 by this financial institution. This means that Quebec economic expansion will continue in the coming months.