title: External Sector Report, 2023
abstract: Produced since 2012, the IMF's annual External Sector Report analyzes global external developments and provides multilaterally consistent assessments of external positions of the world's largest economies representing more than 90 percent of global GDP, which include current accounts, real exchange rates, external balance sheets, capital flows, and international reserves. Together with the World Economic Outlook and Article IV consultations, this report is part of a continuous effort to assess a