Economics
U.S. Economy Isn't Bright Enough to Offset Global Growth Slowing
- IMF may downgrade view of the world economy next week
- Trade, oil and emerging market tensions proving a disruption
A truck drives past stacked shipping containers at the Port of New Orleans in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Sept. 18.
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The U.S. boom won’t be enough to stop the rest of the world economy from slowing.
Finance ministers and central bankers head to Indonesia next week for the International Monetary Fund’s annual meeting, with the lender signaling it will cut its global growth forecasts for the first time in two years after the best upswing since 2011.