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Global GDP Worse Than Official Forecasts Show, Maersk Says

  • IMF too optimistic as trade indicates less growth, CEO says
  • World's biggest shipping line is bellwether for global trade
A crew member stands near shipping containers on the prow of the Maersk Mc-Kinney Moller Triple-E Class container ship, operated by A.P. Moeller-Maersk A/S, as it arrives at the port of Aarhus.
Photographer: Freya Ingrid Morales/Bloomberg
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The world’s economy is growing at a slower pace than the International Monetary Fund and other large forecasters are predicting.

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