1 The views I express here are my own and not necessarily those of the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal  Open Market Committee. 2 2. The IMF’s most recent forecast was released in January and is available on its website at  www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/Issues/2018/01/11/world-economic-outlook-update-january-2018. 3 3.
But it is not only bond markets and housing markets we have to keep our eye on. Stock markets are an important issue as well. In 2013, there was only one way for most stock markets to go, and that was up.