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IMF World Economic Outlook Normalizer

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IMF World Economic Outlook Normalizer

IMF World Economic Outlook Normalizer

Normalize IMF World Economic Outlook indicators into clean country-year data with ISO3 codes, units, forecast flags, deduplication, and readable summaries.

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IMF World Economic Outlook Normalizer

Fetch IMF World Economic Outlook indicators through the free DBnomics API and return clean, analysis-ready country-year observations. The Actor adds consistent ISO3 country codes, human-readable indicator names and units, forecast flags, deduplication, and a readable summary table.

Why use this Actor?

Macro researchers, economists, investment analysts, risk teams, and AI data pipelines need IMF forecasts in a predictable flat format. This Actor avoids manual spreadsheet cleanup and preserves the distinction between historical and forecast years.

Inputs

ParameterRequiredDescription
countriesYesComma-separated ISO3 codes, e.g. USA,GBR,DEU; ALL uses a representative global set.
indicatorsYesComma-separated codes: NGDP_RPCH GDP growth, PCPI inflation, LUR unemployment, GGXWDG_NGDP debt, BCA_NGDPD current account.
datasetVersionNoIMF WEO edition available in DBnomics; default 2024-10.
startYear / endYearNoInclusive year range; defaults to 2020–2029.
maxResultsNoMaximum output rows; default 100, maximum 5,000.

Example input

{"countries":"USA,GBR,DEU","indicators":"NGDP_RPCH,PCPI","datasetVersion":"2024-10","startYear":2020,"endYear":2029,"maxResults":100}

Example output

{"countryIso3":"USA","year":2025,"indicatorCode":"PCPI","indicatorName":"Inflation, average consumer prices","value":2.8,"unit":"% change","isForecast":true,"source":"IMF World Economic Outlook via DBnomics"}

The default dataset contains one normalized record per country, year, and indicator. The OUTPUT key-value record contains a formatted table; STATS contains machine-readable run statistics.

Data source and attribution

Data is retrieved live from DBnomics' IMF World Economic Outlook provider, which republishes the IMF WEO dataset. Please review IMF and DBnomics licensing and attribution requirements for your use case.