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The International Monetary Fund cut its global growth forecast for the fourth time in the past year, citing China's slowdown, low oil prices, and economic weakness in advanced economies, like Japan. Bobbi Rebell reports.
Gita Gopinath, IMF chief economist, says the World Economic Outlook cut the global GDP forecast for this year to 3.5 percent from the 3.7 percent projected in October. And for 2020 the estimate was trimmed to 3.6 percent. SOUNDBITE of Gita Gopinath at the World Economic Forum in Davos
The International Monetary Fund cuts its global growth forecasts for the next two years, citing uncertainty over Britain's looming exit from the European Union. Grace Pascoe reports.
The International Monetary Fund slightly lowers its outlook for the global economy, predicting the global economy will grow by 2.8 percent this year and three percent in 2024, a decline of 0.1 percentage point from its previous forecasts in January. SOUNDBITE
Surging inflation and severe slowdowns in the United States and China prompted the IMF to downgrade its outlook for the global economy this year and next, while warning that the situation could get much worse. SOUNDBITE
The OECD cuts its forecast for the world economy, urging governments to resolve their trade disputes as the latest flare-up in the China-US trade war threatens to crimp global growth. Governments "must act urgently to reinvigorate growth that benefits all," the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says as it pared back its forecast for global growth to 3.2 percent this year from 3.3 percent earlier. SOUNDBITE
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