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Boom Times Return for the Global Economy
Banks are predicting 2018 growth of as much as 4%
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It’s looking like boom time in the world economy again: As more economists publish their 2018 outlooks, those from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Barclays Plc are proving the most bullish in predicting global growth will reach 4 percent next year. That would be the strongest since 2011 and up from the 3.7 percent that Goldman Sachs estimates for this year.