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Economists Fret Over Perils Ahead for Global Growth
- Talk focuses on higher rates, US-China tensions, uncertainties
- Soul-searching at conference after missed signs on inflation
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The world economy looks to be transitioning to a more difficult era where interest rates will be higher, geopolitical tensions greater and uncertainties more pronounced.
That’s the message that emanated from this year’s annual meeting of the American Economic Association in New Orleans. Economic luminaries — including former US Treasury Secretary Lawrence Summers, ex-International Monetary Fund chief economist Kenneth Rogoff and former Bank of England policymaker Kristin Forbes — warned of perils ahead.