Global Flows in a Digital Age: How Trade, Finance, People, and Data Connect the World Economy

Citation
McKinsey Global Institute, Global Flows in a Digital Age: How Trade, Finance, People, and Data Connect the World Economy (2014)

Overview
While the global goods trade and financial flows have flattened since the Great Recession, cross-border flows of data are surging. They now tie the world economy together just as surely as flows of traditional manufactured goods. This report assesses the network of cross-border inflows and outflows of trade, services, finance, people, and data and its influence on economic growth.