The head of the International Monetary Fund called today to end uncertainty over Britain’s vote to leave the European Union she says is dampening global economic growth.
The IMF cut this year’s global growth forecast by 0.1 percentage points to 3.1 per cent in a report released this week due to the shockwaves of the British vote, said Christine Lagarde.
Lagarde spoke after meeting with the Chinese premier, Li Keqiang, and leaders of the World Bank, the World Trade Organization and
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