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The IMF predicts the global economy will shrink by 5% this year

by Justin Ho
Jun 24, 2020
That means fewer jobs and more debt. And the U.S. may be in for even worse.
A man passes graffiti about the coronavirus in Beirut, Lebanon. The IMF is predicting a world-wide downturn of 5% as people spend less money while stuck at home due to COVID-19.
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"A moment of reckoning for the United States at home and abroad"

by Kai Ryssdal and Alli Fam
Jun 9, 2020
The country's coalition-building power overseas has weakened as it focuses on crises at home, researcher Torrey Taussig says.
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IMF says global economy will shrink 3% this year because of COVID-19

by Nancy Marshall-Genzer
Apr 14, 2020
IMF economists talked to epidemiologists and tried to estimate how much COVID-19 restrictions will affect the economy.
Forecasts could change dramatically based on policy decisions made around the global COVID-19 pandemic.
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The impact of coronavirus is being felt across the global economy

by Justin Ho
Feb 12, 2020
The coronavirus outbreak's impact has already shown up in various parts of the economy.
Commuters in a Hong Kong subway station wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus ahead of the Chinese New Year on Jan. 23.
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What are negative interest rates?

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 22, 2019
While the U.S. waits on word of rate cuts, the global economy is seeing negative interest rates.
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Trade showdown

IMF's acting director on U.S. and China: "It takes two to tango"

by Kai Ryssdal
Aug 5, 2019
"Both sides should sit down and talk more," says David Lipton of the International Monetary Fund.
Then-IMF First Deputy Managing Director David Lipton in 2018.
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Global slowdown could hold back U.S. economy

by Mitchell Hartman
Jul 29, 2019
In setting U.S. monetary policy, the Fed is eyeing the global impact of trade wars and other economic troubles.
A man looks at a screen showing global stock market information on the street in Tokyo on in 2015.
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The IMF cuts global growth outlook to 3.3 percent

by Kai Ryssdal , Daniel Shin and Liz Sanchez
Apr 9, 2019
A conversation with the IMF's chief economist about the lowest global growth rate since the financial crisis.
IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath speaks during a press conference in Washington, DC on April 9, 2019.
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Brexit

What Brexit means for business

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 28, 2019
A market owner, cheesemonger and bookseller discuss living with uncertainty.
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Brexit: What do you want to know?

by Kai Ryssdal and Daisy Palacios
Mar 12, 2019
Kai Ryssdal and the team are headed for the U.K. as the country navigates its exit from the European Union.
An anti-Brexit demonstrator waves a Union flag alongside a European Union flag outside the Houses of Parliament in London on March 28, 2018.
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