The IMF announced the latest prospects of the world economy prior to the Davos conference held in Switzerland, where world leaders from political and economic worlds gathered together.

According to it, with regard to the outlook for GDP growth in the past of the United States, it has been revised upward by 0.4 points to 2.7%, a significant improvement from the prospect of three months ago. This is due to the fact that the trump regime realized the tax reform incorporating the reduction of corporate tax etc. It seems that tax reform will boost economic growth in the short term in the United States.

Japan also plus 1.2%, Germany plus 2.3%, both upward 0.5 points from the previous forecast, the global economy will continue to grow firm.

Just as risks in the future, if employment in the US improves and prices are showing signs of rising, the pace of monetary tightening by the central bank will accelerate and asset prices such as good stock prices will fall I pointed out that there is a possibility of turning.

In addition, the trump policy shows a sense of caution as a trade policy such as renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement may become a barriers to trade which is going with a tough stance on regaining employment in the country It was.