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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Larry Elliott

RARE PHOTOS: Imf slashes global growth forecast as top three economies stall | Rare Historical Photos

Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, economic counsellor at the IMF
Pierre-Olivier Gourinchas, economic counsellor at the IMF, says the global outlook has darkened significantly since April. Photograph: Stefani Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images

The International Monetary Fund has said the global economy could soon be teetering on the brink of recession amid evidence that the world’s three biggest economies are all stalling and inflation is higher than previously forecast.

In a downbeat update to its April world economic outlook (WEO), the IMF cut its growth forecasts in 2022 and 2023 – and raised the prospect of a more pronounced slowdown.

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