The International Monetary Fund has sliced its 2014 global growth forecast from 3.7 per cent to 3.4 per cent after a dismal first quarter in the US and weakness in big emerging markets.
Updating its World Economic Outlook, released in April, the IMF said it expected growth to rebound during the rest of 2014 but warned that “downside risks remain a concern”.
The downgrade shows how 2014 threatens to become another disappointing year for global growth, as the slowdown in economies such as Brazil comes on top of a shock 2.9 per cent annualised fall in US output in the first quarter.
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