1.0 link 219770 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sheldon-filger/world-bank-issues-gloomy_b_219770.html The World Bank has issued an updated forecast on global economic growth. Its previous report in March was dismal enough; it projected a decline in worldwide GDP of 1.7%. The IMF will shortly present its own report, and issue a somewhat rosier picture for the global economy. However, the World Bank is peering at the global economic downturn through a different set of lenses than more optimistic observers, who seem inclined towards finding "green shoots" amid the financial weeds. The...

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