Economics

Trade Woes Push IMF Global Growth Outlook to Decade-Low of 3%

  • World Economic Outlook projects deceleration in U.S. and China
  • Fund cites a broad slowdown, shaky outlook, uncertain recovery
Pedestrians walk through More London Retail and office development in London.Photographer: Simon Dawson/Bloomberg
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The International Monetary Fund made a fifth-straight cut to its 2019 global growth forecast, citing a broad deceleration across the world’s largest economies as trade tensions undermine the expansion.