_International Capital Markets: Developments, Prospects, and Key Policy
Issues_--IMF [.pdf, 265p.]
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/icm/97icm/icmcon.htm
_World Economic Outlook_ [.pdf, 223 pages]
http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/FT/Weo/WEO1097/WEOCON97.htm

These two publications have recently been made available by the
Internatnioal Monetary Fund. _International Capital Markets: Developments,
Prospects, and Key Policy Issues_  is part of an annual series that has
been produced since 1980. It is "an integral element of the IMF's
surveillance of developments in international financial markets." It
contains sections on developments in mature markets, emerging markets, and
international banking, among others. _World Economic Outlook_  is a
semi-annual report that provides "IMF staff economists' analyses of global
economic developments during the near and medium term." It also surveys the
creation of the European Monetary Union (EMU), exchange rate arrangements
and economic performance in developing countries, and monetary policies in
the transition economies. _WEO_ contains a statistical appendix on various
global macroeconomic variables. [JS, THN]