IMF boosts global growth forecast, warns of diverging rebound

The International Monetary Fund now upgrades its global economic growth forecast for the second time in three months. As such, the IMF now expects the global economy to expand 6 percent this year.
Photo: ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP / AFP
Photo: ROSLAN RAHMAN/AFP / AFP
BY ERIC MARTIN, BLOOMBERG

The International Monetary Fund upgraded its global economic growth forecast for the second time in three months, while warning about widening inequality and a divergence between advanced and lesser-developed economies.

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