IMF downgrades outlook… WP – Commodity Research Group

April 12, 2016 by Jim Colburn Leave a Comment

From Wonkblog (Washington Post):

“The IMF now projects the world economy will grow 3.4 percent this year and 3.6 percent in 2017. That pace would be faster than last year, but the projections are 0.2 percentage points lower than the IMF estimated in the fall — a sign that the global recovery is still struggling to build momentum.”

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/01/19/imf-downgrades-outlook-for-world-economy/?tid=a_

The Fed is onto this, based on the FOMC minutes:

https://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/files/fomcminutes20160316.pdf

But here is one area of rapid growth (from the Economist):

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