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  "title": "The World Economy: Synchronized Slowdown, Precarious Outlook",
  "publication": "IMF Blog, October 14, 2019",
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  "summary": "<p>By Gita Gopinath</p> <div class=\"clear\"> </div> <p>The global economy is in a synchronized slowdown and we are, once again, downgrading growth for 2019 to 3 percent, its slowest pace since the global financial crisis.",
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      "heading": "Overview",
      "content": "- Author: Gita Gopinath\n- Date: October 14, 2019\n- Key statement: \"The global economy is in a synchronized slowdown and we are, once again, downgrading growth for 2019 to 3 percent, its slowest pace since the global financial crisis.\""
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      "heading": "Major findings",
      "content": "- Global growth for 2019 downgraded to 3 percent.\n- Growth described as the slowest pace since the global financial crisis.\n- Growth continues to be weakened by rising trade barriers and increasing geopolitical tensions."
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      "heading": "Framing and risks",
      "content": "- The global economy is characterized as being in a \"synchronized slowdown.\"\n- The outlook is described as \"precarious\" due to the identified downside forces (rising trade barriers; increasing geopolitical tensions).\n\nSource: The World Economy: Synchronized Slowdown, Precarious Outlook — IMF blog (October 14, 2019).\n\n---\n\n\nSource: https://www.imf.org/en/blogs/articles/2019/10/14/blog-weo-the-world-economy-synchronized-slowdown-precarious-outlook"
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    "Global growth for 2019 downgraded to 3 percent.",
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