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IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva warns that if central banks move too aggressively to tamp down price pressures, it could trigger a "prolonged" economic downturn. SOUNDBITE
A perfect storm of doom has been pummeling the global economy in recent months, undermining global growth expectations, but the IMF warns the worst-case scenario is plausible, which would cut growth to one of the lowest levels in the past five decades. SOUNDBITE
The International Monetary Fund says, the U.S. Federal Reserve should delay a rate hike until the first half of 2016. Bobbi Rebell reports.
The U.S. should delay a rate hike until the first half of 2016 until there are signs of a pickup in wages and inflation, says IMF Chief Christine Lagarde. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
The United States warns Israel that staging a military push into the southern Gaza city of Rafah without proper planning would run the risk of becoming a "disaster." State Department deputy spokesman Vedant Patel says Washington has "yet to see any evidence of serious planning for such an operation," adding: "To conduct such an operation right now with no planning and little thought in an area" where one million people are sheltering "would be a disaster." SOUNDBITE