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Darkening Prospects: Global Economy to Slow to 2.9 percent in 2019 as Trade, Investment Weaken

Global economic growth is projected to soften from a downwardly revised 3 percent in 2018 to 2.9 percent in 2019 amid rising downside risks to the outlook, the World Bank’s Global Economic Prospects says.

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