Daily chart: Poor little rich countries | The Economist

Daily chart: Poor little rich countries | The Economist

 THE outlook for economic growth in the West is bleak, according to the IMF’s latest World Economic Outlook, released on April 16^th. Worldwide output is expected to grow at just over 3% in 2013, but rich countries will lag behind, expanding at 1.2%. Growth in emerging markets, by contrast, will exceed 5%, with Asia and sub-Saharan Africa motoring along at 7% and 5.6% respectively.