IMF Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said participants are satisfied with the fiscal stimulus measures taken by several countries to prevent further declines in economic output.

VOA: standard.2009.04.26

The International Labor Organization estimates that renewable energy could generate up to 20 million new jobs, if it were to represent 30 percent of the worldwide energy output.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

First the good news: after contracting slightly in 2009, global economic output is expected to grow more than 4 percent this year, according to the International Monetary Fund.

VOA: standard.2010.04.21

The World Gold Council recently forecast gold mine output to climb by four percent in 2009 to about 2,500 metric tons, but that will meet only two-thirds of demand.

VOA: standard.2010.07.21

Even if U.S.economic output expands in 2010 and more Americans head back to work, both critics and supporters of the president say the nation faces a more serious challenge to future economic viability: a rapidly growing deficit and a national debt estimated at more than $12 trillion.

VOA: standard.2010.01.15