Economics

IMF Trims Global Economic Outlook, But Tones Down Risk Warnings

  • Output to expand 3.3%, picking up from 2019’s 2.9% pace
  • U.S.-China deal lessens negative effect, doesn’t eradicate it
WATCH: Gopinath comments on the IMF’s forecast during an interview in Davos.Source: Bloomberg
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The International Monetary Fund predicted the world economy will strengthen in 2020, albeit at a slightly weaker pace than previously anticipated amid threats related to trade and tensions in the Middle East.