These views are generally comparable with the IMF's World Economic Outlook and forecasts by other international organizations and private research institutes. Global economic growth is likely to remain robust even with a modest slowdown in the U.S. economy, as the growth of emerging economies has increasingly become self-sustained.
Recent developments in Japan's exports show that goods, particularly capital goods and automobiles, in which Japanese firms have a competitive edge, are being exported to an increasing number of countries. According to the September Tankan, firms perceived overseas demand for Japanese products as exceeding supply in the current period and continuing to do so in the future.