December 17, 2021/IMF Weekend Read Welcome to the Weekend Read! In today’s edition we focus on a new global debt record, how taxes can address inequality, making digital money safer, Africa’s future, growth in the Gulf region, the United Kingdom’s outlook, and much more. Programming note: The Weekend Read will be on […]
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The World’s Top Recipients of Foreign Direct Investment
(IMAGE: HURCA/ADOBE STOCK) CHART OF THE WEEK December 16, 2021/IMFBlog By Carlos Sánchez-Muñoz, Silvia Matei, and Kristy Howell A Japanese automobile manufacturer builds an assembly plant in Mexico. An Italian software company opens a sales office in Kenya to reach the Kenyan market with their services. A large Australian mining company acquires a […]
Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization – G.17
December 16, 2021/US Federal Reserve Revision of Industrial Production and Capacity Utilization Notice Below Industrial production rose 0.5 percent in November. The indexes for both manufacturing and mining increased 0.7 percent, while the index for utilities decreased 0.8 percent. At 102.3 percent of its 2017 average, total industrial production in November was 5.3 percent above its […]
