World economic evolution and international trade: trends in 2023

The article examines the most significant shifts in world economic dynamics and the evolution of international exchange during 2018-2025 with an emphasis on what is happening in the modern period. The changes that emerged after the widespread of a new viral infection in the world, which caused global crisis shocks in 2020, demonstrated the relatively high viability of the modern world economy. Its post-crisis development took place in difficult conditions of quite serious trials - from disruptions in previously established supply chains to turmoil in the general energy and food markets against the backdrop of a significant increase in inflation followed by an almost universal tightening of monetary policy. The extraordinary stability demonstrated by the world economy at the current stage has given sufficient grounds to the experts of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to characterize this quality as “amazing” one. The previously outlined shift of drivers of economic development towards countries with a transition type of economy and developing countries also continued. This allowed them, including Russia, which was under pressure from numerous sanctions (in connection with the Russian Federation’s special military operation since February 2022), to show noticeable success in their economic development. The analysis undertaken by the author is traditionally based on the generally accepted methodology of comparative statistical research.