Figure 1. World Output and Inflation
(Annual percent change)


                             Top Panel

        World   Average

1970    5.1     4.1
1971    5.1     4.1
1972    5.1     4.1
1973    7.1     4.1
1974    3.1     4.1
1975    2.1     4.1
1976    5.1     4.1
1977    5.1     4.1
1978    5.1     4.1
1979    4.1     4.1
1980    2.1     4.1
1981    2.1     4.1
1982    1.1     4.1
1983    3.1     4.1
1984    5.1     4.1
1985    4.1     4.1
1986    4.1     4.1
1987    4.1     4.1
1988    5.1     4.1
1989    4.1     4.1
1990    3.1     4.1
1991    2.1     4.1
1992    3.1     4.1
1993    3.1     4.1
1994    4.1     4.1
1995    4.1     4.1
1996    4.1     4.1
1997    4.1     4.1
1998    4.1     4.1
1999    4.1     4.1
2000    5.1     4.1
2001    5.1     4.1
2002    5.1     4.1


Inflation
                             Bottom panel

     Advamced  Developing
     economies  countries
1970    6.1     4.1
1971    6.1     5.1
1972    6.1     6.1
1973    8.1     11.1
1974    13.1    17.1
1975    12.1    14.1
1976    9.1     10.1
1977    9.1     11.1
1978    8.1     10.1
1979    9.1     11.1
1980    11.1    14.1
1981    10.1    13.1
1982    8.1     10.1
1983    6.1     9.1
1984    6.1     10.1
1985    5.1     9.1
1986    4.1     8.1
1987    3.1     8.1
1988    4.1     8.1
1989    4.1     9.1
1990    5.1     10.1
1991    5.1     12.1
1992    3.1     10.1
1993    3.1     9.1
1994    2.1     12.1
1995    2.1     10.1
1996    2.1     7.1
1997    2.1     5.1
1998    2.1     5.1
1999    2.1     4.1
2000    2.1     4.1
2001    2.1     4.1
2002    2.1     4.1


"Source: World Economic Outlook, October 1997"
©1997 International Monetary Fund