IMF Cuts US Economic Growth Forecast

The International Monetary Fund trimmed its forecast for U.S. economic growth this year, but IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde still said the world's largest economy "is in good shape." In its annual assessment of the U.S. economy, the IMF predicted 2.2 percent growth this year, down from last year's 2.4 percent figure, and also lower than the 2.4 percent projection for 2016 the Washington-based agency made two months ago. Lagarde predicted the U.S. unemployment...

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