IMF cuts global growth forecast as capital outflows hit EM economies

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Olivier Blanchard

The International Monetary Fund has again cut its global growth forecasts in its latest World Economic Outlook (WEO) report, published today, and warned many developing economies now "face a trade-off between macroeconomic policies to support weak activity and those to contain capital outflows".

The IMF said "global growth is projected to remain subdued at slightly above 3% in 2013" – 25 basis points lower than forecast in the April WEO. It noted that slower growth was prompted by "weaker

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