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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

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