The Year Ahead
Nations to Watch in 2018
From Brazil to Nigeria to Japan, here’s a look ahead at the global economy.
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Each year the International Monetary Fund projects gross domestic product per capita—a rough measure of living standards—for almost every country in the world. The annual shifts aren’t big, although notice that China has gradually improved from poor to lower-middle-income. The country outlooks below are based on reports by Bloomberg News and Bloomberg Economics.
GDP per capita, 2018 forecast: $47,658
Canadians haven’t given up on a new North American Free Trade Agreement with the U.S., but they’re also pursuing a trade deal with China.