World Outlook: Global Economic Trends and Prospects: Autumn 2001

International issues that have an impact on Canadian organizations are highlighted in this quarterly publication.

Document Highlights 

The world economy this year will experience its slowest growth since the early 1980s. Following a combination of stable energy prices, a rebound in the U.S. economy and rock-bottom interest rates should lead to a slight recovery of global activity in 2002.

This issue looks at:

• why the negative effects of the economic downturn in the United States will extend far beyond nearby North American economies;
• how the economic activity will rebound in North America in 2002; and
• International implications of the already weakening dollar.