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The International Monetary Fund has cut its global growth forecasts for the third time in less than a year, citing a sharp slowdown in China trade and weak commodity prices that are hammering Brazil and other emerging markets. Sonia Legg 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 trims its 2020 global economic growth forecast and says it does not see a strong rebound in 2021 owing to risks stemming from trade tensions. SOUNDBITE
The managing director of the International Monetary Fund, Kristalina Georgieva warns that "the cumulative losses of trade conflicts could get us to about $700 billion by 2020" in a speech in Washington ahead of IMF-World Bank autumn meetings next week SOUNDBITE
"In 2019, we expect slower growth in nearly 90 percent of the world. ... the world economy is now in synchronized slowdown," says the newly-installed IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva in a speech ahead of IMF-World Bank annual meetings next week. SOUNDBITE
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