Economy: Macroeconomic stability

Macroeconomic stability is important to any venture including services outsourcing operations. Economic instability can introduce a range of operating risks including price instability and exchange rate fluctuations.

China tops the list for macroeconomic stability with a score of 5.9. The United States is relatively low on the list at 4.3, above India and slightly below the Philippines.

The World Economic Forum publishes a macroeconomic stability metric in their annual Global Competitiveness Report. The index scores 133 economies from 0 to 7, with 7 being the best possible score. The macroeconomic stability index includes metrics on government surplus/deficit, national savings rate, inflation, interest rate spread, and government debt.