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Trump Stress-Tests the World Economy
The biggest risk to global growth comes from the U.S.
Piling on.
Photographer: Joe Raedle/Getty ImagesTaking stock of the global economy as finance ministers and central-bank governors gathered in Washington for its spring meetings, the International Monetary Fund found reason for concern. "[R]isks beyond the next several quarters clearly lean to the downside," it reports.
Well, that's hardly unusual -- the IMF exists to be concerned. Rarely, though, has it had better grounds.