WTO’s goods barometer suggests slow growth of world trade

World merchandise trade is expected to remain below trend into the fourth quarter of 2019, according to the World Trade Organization’s latest Goods Trade Barometer. The indicator’s reading of 96.6 marks a slight improvement compared to the 95.7 registered in August, but it remains well below the index’s baseline value of 100, signaling below average growth.

The Goods Trade Barometer provides ”real time” information on the trajectory of world merchandise trade volumes relative to recent trends....

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