Central Bank Stimulus Saves Global Growth in 2019, 2020

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Global growth just finished its weakest year in a decade, but it would have been even worse if it hadn’t been for central banks, according to the International Monetary Fund. The Washington-based institution said growth in 2019 and 2020 would be 0.5 percentage point weaker without their stimulus push.

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