Spring gloom

Dissecting the IMF's forecasts for the world economy

The IMF held its spring meetings last week. As is their wont, they released their latest World Economic Outlook to coincide with the meetings. I was attending a fintech conference in Ghent last week, so missed the meetings and have only just got round to looking at the outlook. Fair to say, it’s extremely gloomy - unlike Ghent, which was glorious. My am…